Journal Article The Economic Reports of the President and the Problem of Inflation Get access Frank Whitson Fetter Frank Whitson Fetter Northwestern University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 63, Issue 2, May 1949, Pages 273–281, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883102 Published: 01 May 1949

Journal Article The Bullion Report Reexamined Get access Frank Whitson Fetter Frank Whitson Fetter Haverpord College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 56, Issue 4, August 1942, Pages 655–665, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883415 Published: 01 August 1942

I. Use of the term by American economists, 621.— II. Origin of "favorable" and "unfavorable" as applied to "balance of trade, " 622. — III. Meaning of "balance of trade" in Mercantilist writings, 624. — IV. New terminology of Harris and Steuart, 626.— V. The views of Adam Smith, 628.— VI. The Bullion Controversy, 630.— VII. English usage since the Bullion Controversy, 635.— VIII. Use of the term in America to 1870, 639.— IX. Changes in American usage since 1870; Conclusions, 641.

Gresham's public services, 480. — His letter of 1558 to Queen Elizabeth, 482. — Recoinage of 1560 and Gresham's relation to it, 483. — Origin of term Gresham's law, 486. — Macleod's discussion, 000. — Jevons' discussion, 490. — Adoption of term in America, 491. — Interpretations of “ bad money drives out good money,” 492. — Gresham's law and currency depreciation, 494.