The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 33Charles Franklin Dunbar, Frank William Taussig, Abbott Payson Usher, Alvin Harvey Hansen, William Leonard Crum, Edward Chamberlin, Arthur Eli Monroe Harvard University, 1919 - Economics Edited at Harvard University's Department of Economics, this journal covers all aspects of the field -- from the journal's traditional emphasis on microtheory, to both empirical and theoretical macroeconomics. |
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... principles ultimately adopted as the basis of the milling regula- tions . The most important single feature which had been elaborated at this time was the scheme for control- ling flour prices . It was proposed that under the WHEAT AND ...
... principles ultimately adopted as the basis of the milling regula- tions . The most important single feature which had been elaborated at this time was the scheme for control- ling flour prices . It was proposed that under the WHEAT AND ...
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... principle of uniformity as widely as possible , the Food Administra- tion decided to license every flour mill having a capacity in excess of 100 barrels daily . Over six thousand mills were licensed , first and last , and practically ...
... principle of uniformity as widely as possible , the Food Administra- tion decided to license every flour mill having a capacity in excess of 100 barrels daily . Over six thousand mills were licensed , first and last , and practically ...
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... principle , to be clear . Excess profits and income taxes are to be regarded not as items of expense- not as charges which are expected to be passed on to the consumer- but as taxes to be paid out of the earnings and incomes of those on ...
... principle , to be clear . Excess profits and income taxes are to be regarded not as items of expense- not as charges which are expected to be passed on to the consumer- but as taxes to be paid out of the earnings and incomes of those on ...
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... principle ; it definitely es- tablishes maximum prices . Its application was possible only with the fixed base price of wheat to the producer and the requirement of a uniform grade of 100 per cent straight flour ; the fixed wheat price ...
... principle ; it definitely es- tablishes maximum prices . Its application was possible only with the fixed base price of wheat to the producer and the requirement of a uniform grade of 100 per cent straight flour ; the fixed wheat price ...
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... principle , since too large a proportion of the nation's output could not be produced for this sum . It is a grave question whether the transaction accomplished what its sponsors desired , and what the companies certainly deserved to ...
... principle , since too large a proportion of the nation's output could not be produced for this sum . It is a grave question whether the transaction accomplished what its sponsors desired , and what the companies certainly deserved to ...
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Page 328 - The right of workers to organize in trade unions and to bargain collectively, through chosen representatives, is recognized and affirmed. This right shall not be denied, abridged, or interfered with by the employers in any manner whatsoever.
Page 608 - For the twelve mnntha the net railroad revenue fell short of the amount required to meet the "standard return" by over 9202,000,000. The only district that earned its standard return was the Southern District, comprising the states east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio and Potomac. The...
Page 328 - In establishments where the union shop exists the same shall continue, and the union standards as to wages, hours of labor, and other conditions of employment shall be maintained.
Page 167 - Act shall include the movement, distribution, exchange, interchange, and return of cars used in the transportation of property by any carrier subject to the provisions of this Act.
Page 277 - The number of useful and productive labourers, it will hereafter appear, is every where in proportion to the quantity of capital stock which is employed in setting them to work, and to the particular way in which it is so employed.
Page 328 - In establishments where union and nonunion men and women now work together and the employer meets only with employees or representatives engaged in said establishments, the continuance of such conditions shall not be deemed a grievance. This declaration, however, is not intended in any manner to deny the right or discourage the practice of the formation of labor unions...
Page 332 - make a general investigation of the compensation of persons in the railroad service, the relation of railroad wages to wages in other industries, the conditions respecting wages in different parts of the country, the special emergency respecting wages which exists at this time owing to war relation between different classes of railroad labor.
Page 190 - States, namely, the official classification, which governs the class rates generally in the territory north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Mississippi River...
Page 662 - ... a just standard of value would give the creditor a somewhat increased amount of goods and exact from the debtor a somewhat diminished amount of labor. " In ordinary experience it probably would not be far from the mark if our standard were of such a character as to divide the results of industrial progress about equally between the debtor and the creditor; but from the point of view of economic theory there is no assurance that this would be the case. All would depend on the course of human feeling...
Page 329 - ... shall be held, during the life of this award, in some convenient public building in the neighborhood of the plant, to be selected by the examiner of this board assigned to supervise the execution of this award, or, in case of his absence, by come impartial person, a resident of Springfield, Mass., to be selected by such examiner.