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PISOAL POLICY? USE OP QOVBRNMINT PINANCB TO INPLUENCI LEVEL OF EOONOMIO ACTIVITY Ac»t>zw OF PburtttL. Ptit>ceis.p/A>GS Way 113? fi>chleri dbnaU feccveru Science VcJ, /& /{». Qssevfoh Q^Sus/7^^/ flcflOe/vjy Fbrt VROCI££D/JO£S row t icsrt~ Vol- 17 No . V January r*>rth,U F.R: The U»+J &*£* A ^ /fig' '» **• ADAMS, Thomas S. "Monetary and fiscal policies," in PROCEEDINGS of the Academy of Political Science, Vol. 15, January, 1933, pp. 192-195• ALDKICH, Winthrop V. Business recovery and government policy, BANKERS MAGAZINE, January, 1937. Pp. 3. ALEXANDER, Sidney S. Opposition to Deficit Spending for the Prevention of Unemployment, Chap. 2, Part I I , in INCOME, EMPLOYMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY (Hansen F e s t s c h r i f t ) . New York: Norton, 1948, pp. 177-198. ALTMAN, 0. L. Private investment, full employment, and public funds, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, XXXI, SUPPLEMENT, 1941, pp. 228-236. M Inflation ana deflation ftngell, James 1. The broad facts concerning the Federal finances and the banking system. (In:Annalist, Jan«4, 1935, p« 3-4) The Reserve banks have come to be dominated by the Treasury, so that the major movements of the commercial banking system are dominated to a large degreet This dominance seems almost certain to produce catastrophic resuits• Some indication of the kind of inflation which we are going to hae ANGELL, James V. The broad facts concerning the Federal finances and the banking system, THE ANNALIST, January A, 1935, pp. 3-4. The Reserve banks have come to be dominated by the Treasury, so that the major movements of the commercial banking system are dominated to a large degree. This dominance seems almost certain to produce catastrophic results. Some indication of the kind of inflation which ve must expect. )he %\{%[c0j veJcrai J&OAD/fi, \w*ncei $p Q*nd fhe Tub ban Ki tic /?Af£A/c/?iJ ARNOLD, Ehurman V. THE FOLKORE OF CAPITALISM. University Press, 1937. New Haven: Yale problems relating to full-employment government budget, see pp. 102-4, 170-4, 262-331* Xfif/vn*/ incomes f $*u*r//e&AJ Jov*JU*U* Vol, 3E **.3 ^^yoc/*^^ ti**. /{ t3& rufcd'c etpendiJvo- JooPsWi^ ' ^ f prices <*„</ ihe. Vt>(. 3T n o *3 J?*?*>0/<Y pf.3*~Y4. Tic* of pui/ /c ^ j ^ BERNSTEIN, E. M. "Controls exercised through public expenditures,n Paper presented at 8th annual conference of the Southern Economic Assn. (Chapel Hill and Durham, N.C.), Nov. 7-9, 1935- BERNSTEIN, Edward M''Controls Exercised through Public Expenditures," a paper given at the 8th annual conference of the Southern Economic Association, Chapel Hill and Durham, N.C., November 7-9, 1935. SiaH^Ai Id* Woman L * poi,ccf Seur/V**!AS 1937 pp. 27fi-<Brc Qcos^oAf/C- BRYAN, Malcolm H. fcThe New Deal and Government Finance, w paper given at annual meeting of the Southern Economic Association, held in Chattanooga, Tennessee, November 9-10, 1934- BURNS, Arthur E. and WATSON, Donald S. GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND ECONOMIC EXPANSION. Washington: American Council on p u b l i c A f f a i r s , 1940. Pp. v i , 176. Review: by Dan Throop Smith, JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, v o l . 50, F e b . , 1942, pp. 1 3 1 - 3 3 . BUBNS, A. E. GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND ECONOMIC EXPANSION. Washington: American Council on Public Affairs, 1940. A rather detailed history of American experience with purposeful deficit financing. It is pointed out that government spending has become a powerful instrument by which the government is assuming economic initiative. The author accepts the theory and practice of the measure, but feels that not enough was spent during the recovery period. CLAEK, J. M. An appraisal of the workability of compensatory devices, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, SUPPLEMENT, X H X , March, 1939, pp. 194-208. CLARK, J. M. "Effects of Public Spending on Capital Formation," CAPITAL FORMATION AND ITS ELEMENTS. New York: National Industrial Conference Board, 19 . COLEMAN, Raymond v . Government bonds and the balanced budget, HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW, Autumn, 19-41. COLM, Gerhard and LEHMANN, Fritz ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF RECENT AMERICAN TAX POLICY. New York: New School for Social Research, 1938. Pp. xii, 108. Review: by A. G. Hart, JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, v. A7, June, 1939, pp. 436-9. COLM, G. and LEHMANN, F. "Public Spending and Recovery in the United States, SOCIAL RESEARCH, III, 1936, pp. 129-166. Multiplier —and pump priming COLM, Gerhard and LEHMANN, Fritz Public Spending and Recovery in the United States, SOCIAL RESEARCH, III, 1936, pp. 129-66. COMSTOCK, Alzada "The effects of a federal tax program that will be adequate for substantial debt reduction," PPJOCEEDINGS of the 30th Annual Conference on Taxation under the Auspicfts of the National Tax Association, 1933- COPLAND, M. A. Public investment in the United States, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, SUPPLEMENT, XXIX, 1939, pp. 33-41. i TnoAri Full ^plvnjmenT. fUeu> Review: by Dan Throop Smith, JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, v. 47, Dec, 1939, pp. 388-9. fiscal devices to alter money stream LEEDS, Morris E.: Proposes flexible budget system* Government measures to counter unemployment FLANDERS, Ralph E.: Relation of credit system to business fluctuations relies on improved central bank policy and government spending; discusses recession of 1937/8 DENNISON, Henry S.: study of tax structure in terms of relative burdens on consumption and savings DOUGLAS, Levis V. Sound Recovery through a Balanced Budget, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, Vol. 156, December, 1935, pp. 676-80. Cuv^ DOUGLAS, Levis V. The Danger of Mounting Deficits, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, Vol. 156, November, 1935. pp. 561-67. DOUGLAS, Lewis ¥. Can Government Spending Cure Unemployment? THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, Vol. 156, October, 1935, pp. 408-12. f Ssuitq Vol. l&t, W»*I not speiWioQ &p*. Ifo/. /^T7 i$ MOAJUHO/ / 9 3 ^ / ^>. ^|p?. <\v>0£rn&7<?*ii~ Iherc ftTLntonc cne January SpenJwc* yutaj CUJt^ &3C care loc. c # T jp>p. Vz>-V*r. DOUGLAS, Paul H. CONTEOLLING DEPRESSIONS. New York: W. W. Norton, 1935. Pp. v i , 286. F t . I : THE PROBABLE CAUSES OF DEPRESSIONS: 1 . Cumulative Causes of Depressions 2. Some Alleged Generating Causes of Depressions 3 . Wiere the Trouble Seems to Li* 4 . Does a Depression I n e v i t a b l y Cure I t s e l f ? P t . I I : SOME METHODS OF CONTROLLING DEPRESSIONS: 5. Moderating Influences through Federal Reserve Policy, pp. 99-122. 6. Public Works and F i s c ^ Policy, pp. 123-42. 7. An International v s . a National Standard, pp. 143-58. 8 . A Managed National Currency, pp. 1 5 9 - 6 4 . 9* A Managed Banking System, pp. 165-88. 10. Standards for the Management of Monetary Purchasing Power, pp. 189-209. 11. Wage Policy and Depressions, pp. 210-229 12. Price Policy, pp. 230-50. 13. Unemployment Insurance and Relief, pp. 251-66 14. If the Pump Should Not Prime, pp. 267-76. 15. Summary and Conclusions, pp. 277-82. C=W>r*flUv4><5 Pi />efiABSS/0*/s. ^ Mg ProUhie Autos oP A<e«->VW«: Ajflft**,^ : Uoi+/keif ~'X " ^ • ltydv>ofx*tq )nHiu*tet> 7hn*U<jt, 99-/^^ *. A *l«**9e<S &**>***{>U^y *f My^^y &*<^^'"~- /sy-ty ? EOCLES, Marriner 3. BECKONING PHDNTIERS. New York, Alfred A. Knopf 1951. 9cclet rUffine r o . o«Kon/>t<| Hy^^J. V«?«5y,p . ifonltcri ' public A>.</. /)A. GtM.<£ k^opf ns-t ECCLES, M. S. ECONOMIC BALANCE AND A BALANCED BUDGET. Nev York: Harper, 1 9 4 0 . ECCLES, Marriner S. ECONOMIC BALANCE AND A BALANCED BUDGET . Public Papers of M. S. Eccles edited by Rudolph L. Weissman. New York, Harper Bros., 1940. ECCLES, M. S« How are we to put idle men, money and machines to work? BULLETIN HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, July, 1939. Pp. 10. Controlling THl P+<n*s Aid A£SSO>US I I. Fisher of F^Hchinft Uepire'SSnJXsi •*> fif&UBtWf Gxfi£fit£AJC± . A>euJ */*r* ; F^j^ ^ ECKER-RASZ, L. L., Editor FINANCING RELIEF AND RECOVERY. Reprinted from The Municipal *ear Book, 1937. Chicago: International City Managers' Association, 1937. Pp. 372-493- Fmft^HicD, F-W. FAIRCHILD, Fred R. Taxation in a Period of Economic depression, BULLETIN of the NATIONAL TAX ASSOCIATION, November, 1931. 7*xa{/6« policies T/IX Pe*wcy A h€*6u£ (l/o/, Unefcr- it*e AJCKI/ DC<*{, Ate«J VWJ ; Ta * Pe/tc*, JZnJ) Hi4> GALBRAITH, J. K. Fiscal policy and the employment-investment controversy, HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW, XVIII, 1939, pp. 29-34. GAIER, Arthur D. Fiscal Policies, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, SUPPLEMENT, XXVIII, March, 1938, pp. 90-112. 6iO£o»OSfc( »?ei//^vy yj/ l/«/. c^g- hph His pp its-. GILBERT, R. V. and others AN ECONOMIC PROGRAM R3R AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: BY SEVEN HARVARD AND TUFTS ECONOMISTS. New York: Vanguard, 1938. Pp. ix, 91. Review: by Howard M. Teaf, Jr., AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, XXIX, June, 1939, pp. 359-60. Theoretical analysis based largely on S/l equilibrium conclusions of Keynes, applying them to US experience in great depression and down to 193&. They accept Keynes1 arguments to exclusion of all other possible explanations of depression, and rely on govt, spending as only way to reestablish eqnUibriusw The 1933-37 recovery is attribted to this govt, spending and the reduction of public expenditures in 1936 is blamed for 1937 recession. Considerable emphasis is put in secular stagnation hypothesis £rt*=e*< Guy i Harpers Pp. fti»yatj>j#<r Wb-m V*l* J7A g J*1 . J45& GRIFFITH, E. C. Deficit financing and the future of capitalism, SOUTHERN ECONOMIC JOURNAL, October, 1945. GROVES, H. M. Recovery through t a x a t i o n , CURRENT HISTORY, March, 1934. Pp. 7 . HABERLER, Gottfried "On Certain Limitations to a Spending Policy," chap. Xiii, section 7 in PROSPERITY AND DEPRESSION. Geneva. 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(In: Journal of the Boyal s t a t i s t i c a l society, pt.3,1933,p.433-417) Suggests that currency depreciation i s the most satisfactory measure of revival; when cheap money f a i l s to bring about r e v i v a l , there i s more to be hoped from an open market p o l i c y . . . Suggests that Heserve bank open market p o l i c i e s in 1932 were never sufficiently appreciated. HENDERSON, Sir Hubert D. The trade cycle and the budget outlook, LLOYDS BANK LTD MONTHLY REVIEW, June, 1937. Pp. 9. Mifgins, Benjamin and Richard Musgrave: Deficit Finance The Case Examined (edited by C. J. Friedrich and E. S. Mason, Cambridge, Mass.: Grad. School of Public Administration, 1941. pp. 137-207 HUBBARD, Joseph C. "The United States Federal Debt, with Special Reference to Bank Holdings and Monetary Control,11 in BUSINESS AND MODERN SOCIETY, ed. by Malcolm P. McNair and Howard T. Lewis. Cambridge: Harvard Ifciiversity Press, 1938. HUBBABI), Joseph B. 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Statistics, 1924-38 shoving volume of capital ex^Allur* of central and local govt* units of G.B* end by serdpublic enterprises (rys*, electricity, shipbuilding) that might easily be brought under close govt* onir*1 These expe* are compared vith total capital formation and their fluctuations are compared vith private capital expenditures* Gives estimates of tbe primaxy effect of public in on national income ard employment plus less reliable estimates of their secondary and tertiary effects It discusses UBIGHT, David McC. THE CEEATIQN OF PURCHASING PO¥EP* Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1942 • Pp* 251* by L. V. Chandler, iMEBICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, Review: xmi it ^ihdii^m^iSmmc JOURNAL, VJII, April, 1942, pp. 534-5by H. S. Ellis, JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, Vol. LI, April, 1943, PP* 180-1• Secular and cyclical deficiencies of purchasing pover Considers various proposals for bolstering effective money demand* redistribution of income as means of raising the propensity to consume quantitative control of bank credit (Fisher1s 100£ reserve proposal; Berlefs proposal for capital banks) velocity stimulation negative rates of interest deficit financing business subsidies