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Industrial Reconstruction and the Control of Competition; The British Experiments, by Arthur F. Lucas. New York, London, and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Company. 1937. xi, 384 pp. $5.75. Reviewed by Ben W. Lewis Diminishing Returns and Planned Economy, by George M. Peterson. New York: The Ronald Pr...

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Published in:Journal of the American Statistical Association 1938, Vol.33 (203), p.606-650
Main Author: Watkins, Ralph J.
Format: Review
Language:eng
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Summary:Industrial Reconstruction and the Control of Competition; The British Experiments, by Arthur F. Lucas. New York, London, and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Company. 1937. xi, 384 pp. $5.75. Reviewed by Ben W. Lewis Diminishing Returns and Planned Economy, by George M. Peterson. New York: The Ronald Press Company. 1937. xii, 254 pp. $3.00. Reviewed by Edward S. Mason The Economic Library of Jacob H. Hollander, Ph.D., Compiled by Elsie A. G. Marsh. Baltimore: J. H. Furst Company. (Privately Printed) 1937. xi, 324 pp. Reviewed by E. A. J. Johnson Some Theoretical Problems Suggested by the Movements of Interest Rates, Bond Yields and Stock Prices in the United States since 1856, by Frederick R. Macaulay, with a preface by Wesley C. Mitchell. New York: National Bureau of Economic Research. Publication No. 33. 1938. 500 pp., 33 tables, 32 charts. $5.00. Reviewed by Harold V. Roelse Prosperity and Depression, A Theoretical Analysis of Cyclical Movements, by Gottfried von Haberler. New York: Columbia University Press. Geneva: League of Nations. Economic Intelligence Service. 1937. xv, 363 pp. $2.00. Reviewed by A. P. Lerner Studies in the Social Aspects of the Depression: Crime in the Depression by Thorsten Sellin, Education in the Depression by The Educational Policies Commission, The Family in the Depression by Samuel A. Stouffer and Paul F. Lazarsfeld, Internal Migration in the Depression by Warren S. Thompson, Minority Peoples in the Depression by Donald Young, Recreation in the Depression by Jesse F. Steiner, Religion in the Depression by Samuel C. Kincheloe, Rural Life in the Depression by Dwight Sanderson, Social Aspects of Consumption in the Depression by Roland S. Vaile, Social Aspects of Health in the Depression by Selwyn D. Collins and Clark Tibbitts, Social Aspects of Reading in the Depression by Douglas Waples, Social Aspects of Relief Policies in the Depression by R. Clyde White and Mary K. White, and Social Work in the Depression by F. Stuart Chapin and Stuart A. Queen. New York: Social Science Research Council. 1937. Bulletins 27-39, $1.00 each or $10.00 a set. Reviewed by Dorothy Swaine Thomas Statistical Methods Applied to Economics and Business (Revised), by Frederick C. Mills. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1938. American Business Series, General Editor, Roswell C. McCrea. xix, 746 pp. $3.75. Reviewed by R. von Huhn A First Course in Statistics, by E. F. Lindquist. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1938. xiv, 226 pp. $2.25. Reviewed by Frances
ISSN:0162-1459
1537-274X