Introduction: scope and plan, 427. — I. Oost estimates for the present old-age and survivors insurance program without change: provisions of the program, 429; the high and low assumptions, 430; the estimates, 431. — II. Cost estimates for the old-age and survivors insurance program with assumed changes: the changes considered, 436; change in lump-sum benefit payments, 437; in benefit payments to parents, 438; in minimum monthly benefit limitation, 439; in maximum monthly benefit limitation, 440; in age of eligibility for women, 442; provision of disability benefits, 442; extension of coverage, 443. — Summary of estimates, 450. — Conclusion, 450.

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Experience after the first World War, 113. — I. Two helpful new concepts: general equilibrium, 115; price disparity, 116. — II. The Belgian devaluation of 1935: the problem posed, 117; the index of price disparity, 118; internal disequilibrium, 122; choice of the new rate, 123. — III. The price-disparity approach, 124. — Significance of cost-of-living index, 125. — Alternative measures of price disparity, 127. — A more sensitive index needed, 127. — Problems of comparability, 128. — Key-country indices, 129. — IV. Comparison with purchasing power parity, 131. — Definition of the equilibrium rate, 132. — Relation to state controls, 134. — Conclusion, 135.

I. Need for economic criteria in evaluating monopolistic practices, 330. — II. Development of cranberry growing, 332. — III. Development of processing, 336. — IV. Indictment of marketing organizations, 339. V. Demand for fresh cranberries, 340. — VI. Demand for cranberry sauce, 345. — VII. Growers' revenue from sales, 350. — VIII. Monopolistic vs. competitive allocation of the supply, 358. — IX. The quality factor, 365. — X. Reconsideration of the antitrust indictment, 366.

I. War damage and its consequences: changes in economic structure, 1; destruction of property, 3; requisitions and other exactions, 6; the over-all losses; 10; war losses and national wealth, 12; effect on currency and economic recovery, 15; deflationary measures, 18; the present outlook, 21. II. Reparations: early opinions and decisions, 25; the Potsdam agreement, 26; the outlook for reparations, 29. III. The economic disarmament of Germany: plans and proposals, 32; objections to deindustrialization, 35; the Crimea and Potsdam decisions, 37; the German war potential, 38; effects of deindustrialization, 43. IV. Conclusions, 52.

I. Three approaches to the problem of international currency stability, 563. — II. What is a key currency? 567. — Importance of non-key currencies, 567; of stable relations between currencies, 569. — Other postwar currency problems overlooked, 570. — Uncertainty regarding proposed stabilization agreement between United States and Great Britain, 571. — The problem of exchange restrictions after the war, 572. — Many currencies are key currencies from standpoint of certain commodities, 574. — III. Alternatives facing nations of the world, 576.

I. The British public debt in the eighteenth century and contemporary opinion, 451. — Steuart in the literature, 452. — II. Steuart's views on the public debt: public vs. private debt, 454; public debt and circulation, 455; public credit as the balance wheel, 456; comparison with taxes, 457; social effects, 458; repayment, 459; debt limits, 462. — III. British and French credit in the eighteenth century; deterioration of French credit, 466; influence of form of government, 467; public confidence, 467; narrowness of the market, 468; burdensome taxation, 468; the sinking fund, 469; interest rates, 471; qualifications, 471. — IV. The "evolutionist approach, " 472. — V. Conclusion: Steuart's position, 475.

The "excess burden" doctrine, 577. — I. Marshall's analysis, 578 —. Mrs. Hicks' reformulation, 579. — J. R. Hicks on "compensating variations in income, " 579. — Miss Joseph's analysis, 579. — II. Excess burden not peculiar to indirect taxes, 582. — Comparison with income taxes, 586. — Progression, 587. — Compensation for subjective costs, 590. — III. Other economic effects of taxes, 591. — IV. Commodity and income taxes in the light of "ideal" requirements, 594. — V. Conclusions, 596.

Monopoly often only an attempt to solve a problem, 524. — The "classical" argument against monopoly, 525. — Its limitations, 525. — The rôle of deflation in the development of monopoly, 527. — Price flexibility and spiral effects, 530. — Wages and employment, 533. — The fear of deflation, 534. — Saving, 536. — Competition vs. deflation, 537. — Non-price competition, 538. — Advertising, 540. — Control of deflation, 540. — Other grounds for monopolistic trends, 541.