Journal Article Douglas's Wages and the Family Get access George E. Barnett George E. Barnett The Johns Hopkins University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 1926, Pages 699–707, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884461 Published: 01 August 1926
Journal Article The Aged Poor of Massachusetts Get access Allyn A. Young Allyn A. Young Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 40, Issue 3, May 1926, Pages 549–554, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885178 Published: 01 May 1926
I. The Actors' Equity Association formed in 1913. — Affiliation with the Federation of Labor, and successful strike of 1919, 130. — Maneuvers of the managers, 132. — Virtually a closed-shop situation emerged, 133. — II. Complete success of the actors and their gains, 135. — The contract of 1924 distinctly a minimum contract, 139. — III. Further consideration of the contract, 140. — Benefits to the managers, and disciplinary power of Equity, 141.
The conflicting interests of the trade union in the introduction of machinery, 209. — Trade-union policies, 210. — Opposition to machinery, 211. — Reduction in wage rates of hand-workers, 214. — Employment of hand-workers as machine operators, 218. — Reduction of inflow into the trade, 221. — Distribution of work, 224. — Conclusions, 227.
I. The Brotherhood always opposed to dual unionism, 465. — Dispute with the Amalgamated Wood Workers, 467. — Matter brought to attention of A. F. of L., 468. — Downey decision, giving all mill work to Amalgamated, disregarded by Brotherhood, 471. — Aggressive policy adopted by Amalgamated, 472. — Terms of its surrender dictated by Brotherhood, 473. — Dispute with Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, 473. — Strasser decision rejected by Brotherhood, 475. — Plan of amalgamation agreed upon, 476. — Hostilities reopened, resulting in defeat of Amalgamated Society, 476. — II. Trade jurisdictional disputes; with Sheet Metal Workers' Union, 480. — Brotherhood suspended from Building Trades Department for refusal to accept Gaynor decision, 481. — Tampa decision annulled and erection of metal trim awarded to carpenters, 483. — Brotherhood for third time suspended from Building Trades Department, 485. — III. Cost of the jurisdictional disputes, 486. — In spite of heavy cost Brotherhood has probably made a net gain, 491. — Its policy in accord with trade-union theory, 493. — Prospects for elimination of jurisdictional disputes not bright, 493.
Plan of investigation, 435. — Amount of deposit currency used in stock-exchange speculation, 436. — Computation of its velocity of circulation, 439. — Restatement of results of the investigation of velocity of circulation of brokers' deposits, 444. — The amount and importance of bank loans used, 446. — Significance of the great increase in street loans during the summer and fall of 1925, 450. — Analysis of the problem of the increase in brokers' loans amplified, 451. — The effect of the expansion of street loans on the further loaning capacity of the American banking system as a whole, 452. — Certain implications of the conclusions arrived at, 455.
The papers of the firm of Almy and Brown. — The firm's business prosperous in 1801–1807, 675. — The Embargo dealt a heavy blow, 677. — Yet many new mills built in 1808–1809, 681. — The practice of price-maintenance suggested as an explanation of the growth, 682. — New markets in the West and South after the Embargo, 686. — Conclusions, 688.
Journal Article The Earliest Use in English of the Term Capital Get access Henry Rand Hatfield Henry Rand Hatfield University of California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 40, Issue 3, May 1926, Pages 547–548, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885177 Published: 01 May 1926
The publications reviewed: Bauer, Lyndon, Maltbie, Nash, Raymond. — I. Retrospective and prospective regulation as affecting the basis of valuation, 297. — II. Valuation as a means of controlling profits and as a means of controlling charges, 302. — III. The market value fallacy in the determination of "fair value, " 307. — IV. Consistency in the development of a valuation theory, 314. — V. Conclusions, 325.
I. Statement of theory, 509. — The propositions to be subjected to verification in the Chinese case, 601. — II. The gold price of silver, 605. — The periods 1891–94 and 1903–06, 608. — III. Export and import prices, 609. — IV. The merchandise trade and trade balances, 619. — V. Silver movements, 626. — Gold movements, 629. — VI. Recapitulation and conclusion, 631. — Verification of theory during the periods 1891–94 and 1903–06, 632. — The general course of prices and silver movements in accordance with expectation, 632. — The failure of verification in the general course of the trade, 633. — The explanation of the failure, 633. — A final comment on the theory, 640.