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Douglas's Wages and the Family

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1926 40(4), 699
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

The Aged Poor of Massachusetts

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1926 40(3), 549
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

Equity: The Actors' Trade Union

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1926 41(1), 129
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.

Chapters on Machinery and Labor

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1926 40(2), 209
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.

Jurisdictional Disputes of the Carpenters' Union

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1926 40(3), 463
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.

The Effect of Stock Speculation on the New York Money Market

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1926 40(3), 435
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 Effect of the American Embargo, 1807-1809, on the New England Cotton Industry

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1926 40(4), 672
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.

The Earliest Use in English of the Term Capital

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1926 40(3), 547
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

Progress and Poverty in Current Literature on Valuation

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1926 40(2), 295
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.

International Trade Between Gold and Silver Countries: China, 1885-1913

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1926 40(4), 597
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.