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Published Date
January 1923
Copyright
1923
ISBN
0-87014-003-5
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Table of Contents
Table of contents, Foreword, Report and Recommendations
Author(s):
Introduction to "Business Cycles and Unemployment"
Author(s):
Wesley C. Mitchell
(p. 1-6)
Chapter 1:
Business Cycles
Author(s):
(p. 7-20)
Chapter 2:
Individual Industries and Enterprises in the Business Cycle
Author(s):
(p. 21-33)
Chapter 3:
The Economic Losses Caused by Business Cycles
Author(s):
(p. 34-42)
Chapter 4:
What the Present Statistics of Employment Show
Author(s):
(p. 43-68)
Chapter 5:
Under-Employment
Author(s):
(p. 69-79)
Chapter 6:
Changes in Employment in the Principal Industrial Fields: January 1, 1920 to March 31, 1922
Author(s):
(p. 80-100)
Chapter 7:
The Effect of Unemployment Upon the Worker and His Family
Author(s):
(p. 101-112)
Chapter 8:
The Various Kinds of Remedies Proposed
Author(s):
(p. 113-117)
Chapter 9:
Methods of Stabilizing Production of Textiles, Clothing, and Novelties
Author(s):
(p. 118-135)
Chapter 10:
Methods of Stabilizing Production and Distribution
Author(s):
(p. 136-171)
Chapter 11:
The Problem of "Cancellation"
Author(s):
(p. 172-175)
Chapter 12:
Methods of Stabilizing Work in the Building Industries
Author(s):
(p. 176-202)
Chapter 13:
The Stability of Railway Operations
Author(s):
(p. 203-232)
Chapter 14:
The Long-Range Planning of Public Works
Author(s):
(p. 233-263)
Chapter 15:
Financial Devices for Controlling or Mitigating the Severity of Business Cycles
Author(s):
(p. 264-273)
Chapter 16:
Public Employment Offices and Unemployment
Author(s):
(p. 274-294)
Chapter 17:
Trade Union Out-of-Work Benefits
Author(s):
(p. 295-303)
Chapter 18:
Unemployment Insurance
Author(s):
(p. 304-343)
Chapter 19:
Charting the Course of Employment
Author(s):
(p. 344-362)
Chapter 20:
Statistical Indexes of Business Conditions and Their Uses
Author(s):
(p. 363-379)
Chapter 21:
Various Devices Used for Stabilizing Businesses
Author(s):
(p. 380-392)
Index
Author(s):
(p. 393-407)
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