Knowledge that Transforms

Journal Article Measuring Business Cycles Get access Edwin B. Wilson Edwin B. Wilson Office of Naval Research, Boston Branch Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 64, Issue 2, May 1950, Pages 311–318, https://doi.org/10.2307/1882698 Published: 01 May 1950

I. Introduction, 254. — II. Recent research on the interindustry wage structure, 255. — III. The original level of earnings, 257. — IV. Degree of organization, 266. — V. Changes in employment, 269. — VI. Other influences, 277. — VII. Conclusions, 278.

Journal Article Hicks on the Trade Cycle Get access James J. Duesenberry James J. Duesenberry Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 64, Issue 3, August 1950, Pages 464–476, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884560 Published: 01 August 1950

I. Introduction, 282. — II. Productivity and the Wage Structure, 282. — III. Unionism and Earnings, 285. — IV. Variation in the Wage Structure, 290. — V. The Statistical Evidence, 1923–1940, 295. — VI. Conclusion, 305.

I. Introduction, 1. — II. General appraisal, 2. — III. The principal revolutions, 4. — IV. The measurability and comparability of utility, 5, — V. The assault on "pure" competition, 7. — VI. The Keynesian revolution, 10.

I. Introduction, 208. — II. Methodology, 215. — III. Income and outlay categories: general, 222. — IV. Income and outlay categories: the household account, 222. — V. Income and outlay categories: the consolidated net income and outlay account of government, 227. — VI. The national product by economic sector, 231. — VII. The government budget, 231. — VIII. Observations, 233. — Addendum on Soviet official income statistics, 237.

I. Introduction, 242. — II. National and racial origins, 244. — III. Religious heritage of the business elite, 246. — IV. Geographical and social backgrounds, 249. — Conclusion, 253.

I. A social theory in Schumpeterian terms, 611. — II. Objections to the claim of similarity of vision, 612. — III. Invention versus innovation, 614. — IV. The "directing forces, " 616. — V. Description of the business cycle, 621.

I. Deficiency of "effective demand" as cause of unemployment, 385. — II. Full employment and inflation, 388. — III. Full employment and economic and political institutions, 392. — IV. Domestic measures to prevent unemployment, 393. — V. International disequilibrium, 396. — VI. Harmonization of foreign trade targets, 400. — VII. Stabilization of international investment, 401. — VIII. Stabilization of international trade, 404. — IX. Final comments, 407.

Introduction, 125. — I. The theory of consumer's choice, 126. — II. Four qualifying postulates, 128. — III. The constancy of economic laws, 133. — IV. Determinateness of consumer equilibrium, 134. — V. Conclusion, 138.