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The Copper-Mining Industry in the United States, 1845-1925
I. The Lake; Calumet and Hecla. — Early Organization, 684. — Mergers, 687. — Calumet and Hecla, 688. — II. Butte; Anaconda. — Early mills and smelters, 689. — Consolidation of operations, 692. — The Anaconda, 693. — III. Arizona; Phelps Dodge; Porphyries. Special characteristics, 698. — Phelps Dodge and Bisbee, 699. — Globe, Clifton-Morenci, and Jerome, 703. — IV. American Smelting and Refining Company. — Influence of the Guggenheims, 707. — Tie-up with the Porphyries, 709. — Braden, Kennecott, and Chile, 709. — Present Importance of the Company, 712. — V. Conclusion, 712.
Depreciation and Valuation for Rate Control
I. Introductory: The problem of depreciation, 185. — II. The case against accrued depreciation, 189. — III. Current criticisms of Allison's argument, 191. — IV. Depreciation where the rates are based on the strict investment principle, 195. — V. Depreciation where the rates are based on cost of reproduction as a measure of “present value,” 198. — VII. Depreciation where the rates are based on actual cost of the present property. The “historical-cost” basis, 207. — Conclusions, 211.
Recent Literature on the Origins of Modern Capitalism
Journal Article Recent Literature on the Origins of Modern Capitalism Get access M. M. Knight M. M. Knight Paris, France Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 41, Issue 3, May 1927, Pages 520–533, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883704 Published: 01 May 1927
Utility Curves, Total Utility, and Consumer's Surplus
Introduction, 292. — The concept of total utility, 293. — Relativity of utility to rates of consumption, 294. — Ambiguity of the word utility: potential utility and satisfaction actually enjoyed, 295. — Intra-marginal surpluses of utility from sporadic and intermittent consumption, 296. — Conclusion, 298. Recognized difficulties of dealing quantitatively, by means of demand schedules, with the subjective background of economic phenomena, 303. — Relativity of demand schedules to rates of consumption, 304. — Doctrines of consumer's surplus: (a) Bargain purchases of intra-marginal utility, 308; (b) The addition to one's total utility that attends a decline in price, 311; (c) Life's excess of utility over the disutility of earning a living, 313. — Résumé, 315.
New Evidence on the Shipping and Imports of London, 1601-1602
Journal Article New Evidence on the Shipping and Imports of London, 1601–1602 Get access Lewis Rex Miller Lewis Rex Miller Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 41, Issue 4, August 1927, Pages 740–760, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884890 Published: 01 August 1927
Christmas Clubs
Journal Article Christmas Clubs Get access Lloyd M. Crosgrave Lloyd M. Crosgrave New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 41, Issue 4, August 1927, Pages 732–739, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884889 Published: 01 August 1927
Tawney's Religion and Capitalism, and Eighteenth-Century Liberalism
Journal Article Tawney's Religion and Capitalism, and Eighteenth-Century Liberalism Get access Overton H. Taylor Overton H. Taylor Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 41, Issue 4, August 1927, Pages 718–731, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884888 Published: 01 August 1927
Classification of Land for Taxation
Classification of property for taxation needs to be extended to land, 95. — Land value exceeds capitalization of economic rent, 96.— How tax on market value of land promotes wasteful utilization, 98.— What is the remedy? The Single Tax Solution, the Socialist Solution, 101.—The income tax, 103. — The European cadastral method of taxing land, 104. — A modification of the European method proposed, 107. — Benefits illustrated from subdivision land, 109. — A classified land tax and city planning, 112. — Desirability of an increment tax, 115.
The American Rice-Growing Industry: A Study of Comparative Advantage
The significance of the industry in economic history and in the study of international trade, 595. — I. Changes in domestic production: South Atlantic states, 598. — Mississippi delta, 603. — Southwestern states, 605. — California, 611. — Reduction in labor cost, 613. — Expansion of total output, 615. — Increasing yield per acre, 617. II. Competitive position of the American industry: Changes in imports and exports, 620. — Conditions favoring domestic culture, 623. — Advantages of oriental production, 628. — Relation of wages and other incomes to the comparative position of the respective industries, 636. — Conclusion, 641.