I. Adam Smith and man's wants, 275. — II. Extent to which wants for food are satiated, 276. — III. Relation of the capacity of the human stomach to satiation of wants for food, 278. — IV. Variations in economic cost of various diets, 280. — V. Relation of wants for food to wants for other consumer goods, 281. — VI. Factors of importance in determining the population a country can feed, 283. — VII. Conclusion, 285.

Experiments in Wheat Control: The Agricultural Adjustment Act, 1933 Get access Joseph S. Davis Joseph S. Davis Food Research Institute, Stanford University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 49, Issue 2, February 1935, Pages 358–363, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884071 Published: 01 February 1935

Journal Article The Literature of the Agricultural Situation Once More Get access Joseph S. Davis Joseph S. Davis Food Research Institute, Stanford University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 44, Issue 1, November 1929, Pages 138–159, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885443 Published: 01 November 1929

Nature of the plan, 250. — I. The original Ketcham bill, 252. — The revised bill, 255. — II. An export bounty, little disguised, 255; but not a formal subsidy, 256. — III. Hamilton's proposals fundamentally different, 258; tho similar in some superficial respects, 261. — IV. Comparison with the German system, 263. — Some unexpected results of the changes made in 1906, 267. — German experience affords no support for the debenture plan, 268. — V. Not analogous to drawbacks, 269; or to protective tariffs, 271. — Hamilton's view, 273. — “Equality for agriculture,” 275. — VI. Conclusion: supporters of the debenture plan have relied on superficial analogies, 277.

Journal Article Recent Books on the Agricultural Situation Get access Joseph S. Davis Joseph S. Davis Food Research Institute, Stanford University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 43, Issue 3, May 1929, Pages 532–543, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885923 Published: 01 May 1929

Journal Article Depreciation and Rate Control: A Rejoinder Get access Joseph S. Davis Joseph S. Davis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 29, Issue 2, February 1915, Pages 388–395, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884965 Published: 01 February 1915

Journal Article Depreciation and Rate Control: A Criticism Get access Joseph S. Davis Joseph S. Davis Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 29, Issue 2, February 1915, Pages 362–378, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884963 Published: 01 February 1915

rT W. SCHULTZ and his circle have been making penetrating analysis of agricultural conditions, problems, and policies, showing unusual awareness of the whole national economy, of evolving knowledge over a wide range, and of advances in general economic thought. Their works, properly referred to frequently in Schultz' meaty one here reviewed,' deserve the respectful attention of economists, whether specialists in or not. The present stimulating contribution, evolved from a mimeographed draft that was widely circulated for comments, especially challenges discriminating examination by serious students. To a degree that I cannot adequately indicate in detail, much of its content strikes me as excellent. Many positions are well taken on broad and specific issues on which much divergence of opinion exists. Some new ground is broken, e.g., on income-elasticity of demand. Yet the book is not thorough, well matured, and authoritative. It is marred by defects of organization, excessive repetition, and various omissions and obscurities. I find puzzling the author's peculiar or inconsistent usage of terms, such as durable goods, returns, political economy, economic progress, and even There are many slips, and numerous statements to which exception should be taken. On a few important matters, moreover, Schultz seems to me either wrong or on insecure ground. To argue all these points fully is out of the question, but it seems appropriate to present a liberal sample, of course without claiming that my own position is invariably right. Agriculture in Unstable Economy is one of the research studies sponsored by the Committee for Economic Development, in a group dealing with long-term fundamental problems. The title fails to suggest that the book deals almost solely with the American economy, with only incidental references to others. In referring to the economy as unstable, 2 Schultz means merely dynamic, expanding and fluctuating. He evidently expects both expansion and sizable business fluctuations to continue: maintenance of high-level employment is a very worthy goal but one uncertain if not unlikely to be achieved (pp. 2 I9-20). In his Foreword, T. 0. Yntema calls the book an analysis of the essential conditions for a healthy, prosperous agriculture. Schultz says in his own Preface: Its main purpose is to lay the foundations for a [revised? ] national with regard to agriculture. 3 In my view, the book falls short of achieving these highly ambitious aims. When he comes to Part IV, Schultz overmodestly describes his constructive chapters as essentially a series of notes on problems in policy (p. I86). He deliberately gives only incidental attention to problems within agriculture in order to devote primary attention to between problems, to the functions of in the political [!] economy