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Volume Title: : The Economic Scientist

Volume Author/Editor: Arthur F. Burns, ed.

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Volume ISBN: 0-87014-052-3

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Publication Date: 1952

Chapter Title: Bibliography

Chapter Author: Arthur F. Burns

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Chapter pages in book: (p. 341 - 374) BIBLIOGRAPHY

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• Lisi OF PUBLICATIONS BY WESLEY C. MITCHELL

1896 "The Quantity Theory of the of ," Journal of Political , V. 4, March 1896, pp. 139-65. "The New and the Fall of ," Journal of , V. 5, December 1896, pp. 84-5.

1897 S "Greenbacksand the Cost of the Civil War," Journal of Political Economy, V. 5, March 1897, pp. 117-56. [Reprinted in Sound ,.V. 4, April 15, 1897, pp. 1-16.. Also reprinted in abridged version, "Effect of Paper Issues on the Cost of the Civil War," in Report.of the Indianapolis Monetary Commission. Press, 1898. Pp. 445-6 1.] Review of Anson Phelps Stokes' Join t-Metallism. In Journal of Po- litical Economy, V. 5, March 1897, p. 262. 1898 "The Value of the 'Greenbacks' during the Civil War," Journal of Political Economy, V. 6, March 1898, pp. 139-67. "Resumption of Specie Payments in Austria-Hungary," Journal of Political Economy, V. 7, December 1898, pp. 106-13. 1899 "The. Suspension of Specie Payments, December 1861," Journal of Political Economy, V. 7, June 1899, pp. 289-326. Review of Ch. Arendt's Economie Politique Scienti/lque: Definitions et Méthodes. In Journal of Political Economy, V. 7, September 1899, pp. 5 75-6. Review of 's Salaires, Prix, Profit; Vincenzo Giuffrida's Ii JJJOVolumedi "Capitale" di Karl Marx; Eugen v. Böhm-Bawerk's Karl Marx and the close of His SystEm. In Journal of Political Economy, V. 7, September 1899, pp. 576-7. 1900 "Preparations for the Twelfth Census," Journal of Political Economy, V. 8, June 1900, pp. 3 78-84. "The Inheritance Tax Decision," Journal of Political Economy, V. 8, June 1900, pp. 387-97. 344 BIBLIOGRAPHY Review of Eugen v. Böhm-Bawerk's Einige Strittige Fragen der Ka- pit aistheorie. In Journal of Economy,V. 8, June 1900, pp. 420-3. Review of Luigi Einaudi's La Rendita Mineraria. In Journal of Politi- cal Economy, V. 8, June 1900, pp. 423-4. "The Census of Cuba," Journal of Political Economy, V. 9, December 1900, pp. 125-31; Review of MaxPrager'sDie Währungs- und Bankre form in den Ver- .einigten Staaten von Amerika. In Journal of Political Economy, V. 9, December 1900, pp. 150-2. Review of George Reed's Valicsor the Science of Value. In Journal of Political Economy, V. 9, December 1900, pp. 153-4. Review of J. H. Curran's Francis A. Walker und Seine Hauptsächlich- sten Theorien; Carl Steinbriick's Die Entwickelung der Preise des Städtischen und Ländlichen Immobiliarbesitzes zu (Saale) und im Saalkreise; Iwan K. Drenkoff's Die Steuerverhältnisse But- gariens; Fritz Demuth's F. Th. v. Bernhardi: EmBeit rag zur Ge- schichte der Nationalökonomie im xix. Jahrhundert. In Journal, of Political Economy, V. 9, December 1900, pp. 154-7. 1901 "The .Census of Porto Rico," Journal of Political Economy, V. 9, March 1901, pp. 282-5. Review of Anton von Kostanecki's Der Wirthschaftliche Werth vom Standpunkt der Ceschichtlichen Forschung. In Journal of Political Economy, V. 9, March 1901, pp. 288-9. Review of Charles Beard's The Industrial Revolution. In Journal of Political Economy, V. 9, June 1901, pp. 459-60. Review of Pasquale Jannaccone's II Costo di Produzione: In Journal ..of Political Economy, V. 9, June 1901, pp. 460-4. Five Articles on the 1901 Steel Strike. Chicago Tribune, 1901. "Indus- trial Status of the Steel Strike," July' 21, p. 2, cols. 2-3, and July 22, p. 3, cois. 2-3; "Employers' Attitude in the Steel Strike," July 23, ..P•. 2, cols. 5-6; "Steel Strikers' Claims for Recognition," July 24, p. 2, cots. "Effect of Steel Strike on 'The Public'," July 27, p. 2, cols. 5-6.

.1902 Review of Georg von Mayr's Grundriss zu Vorlesungen über Prak- tische Nationalökonomie. In Journal of Political Economy,.. V. 10, March 1902, pp. 287-8. Review of Cart Bücher's Industrial Evolution (translated by S. Mor- PUBLICATIONS BY WESLEY C. MITCHELL 345 ley In Journal of Political Economy, V. 10, March 1902, p. 288. "The Circulating Medium during the Civil War," Journal of Political Economy, V. 10, September 1902, pp. 537-74. Review of Hannah Robie Sewall's The Theory of Value before .InJournal of Political Economy,V.11, December 1902, pp. 144-5. 1903 Reviewof Richard T. Ely's Studiesinthe Evolution of Industrial Society. In Journal of Political.Economy,.V. '12, December 1903, pp.144-7. A History of the Greenbacks, with Special Reference to the Economic Consequences of Their Issue: 1862-65. (The Decennial Publica- tions of the University of Chicago, 2d. Series, V. 9.) University of Chicago Press, 1903. xvi, 577 pp. [Part I published as Ph.D. dis- sertation, with title History of the Legal-Tender Acts. University' of Chicago Press, 1903. 131 pp.] 1904. "The Real Issues in the Quantity Theory Controversy," journal of Political Economy, V. 12, June 1904, pp. 403-8. 1905 Review of W. j'. Ghent's Mass and Class: A Study of Social Diuisions. In Journal of Political Economy, 13, March 1905, pp. 279-84. Review of Frank L. McVey's Modern Industrialism. In Journal of PoliticalEconomy, V.13, March 1905, pp. 284-5. "Occupation of the Twelfth Census," Quarterly Publica- tions of the American Statistical Association, V. 9, June 1905, pp..

231-8. ' . ' . "Methodsof Presenting Statistics of ," Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Association,V.9, December 1905, pp. 325-43. 1908 Review of Hans Koch's Geschichte des Seidengewerbes in Köln vom 13. bis zum 18. Jahrhun4ert.. In journal of Political Economy, V. 16, April 1908, pp. 23 7-40. Review of George Randall Lewis' The Stannaries., A Study of the EnglishTin Miner.In Journal of Political Economy, V. 16, June

1908, pp. 387-9. ' . '' Gold,Prices, and Wages under. the Standar4. (University

.1 346 BIBLIOGRAPHY of California Publications in , V. 1.) The University Press, Berkeley, 1908. xv, 627 pp. 1909 "TheCourse of Prices from 1893 to 1908," Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, January 4, 1909, Sec. 2, p. 5. "The British Board of Trade's Investigations into Cost of Living," Quarterly Journal of Economics, V. 23, February 1909, pp. 345-50. "Review of Current Advocate," Harvard Crimson, V. 55, May 11, 1909, p. 1, col. 2. Review of Robert Kuczynski's Die Entwicklung der Gewerblichen Löhne seit der Begründung des Deutschen Reiches. In Economic Bulletin, V. 2, June 1909, pp. 150-2. "The Decline in the Ratio of Banking to Liabilities," Quar- terly Journal of Economics, V. 23, August 1909, pp. 697-7 13. Review of Alexander Dana Noyes' Forty Tears of American Finance. In Economic Bulletin, V. 2, December 1909, pp. 370-1.. 1910 "TheRationality of Economic Activity," Journal of Political Econ- omy, V. 18, Februaly and March 1910, pp. 97-113, 197-216. "The Prices of American Stocks: 1890-1909," Journal of Political Economy, V. 18, May 1910, pp. 345-80. "The Prices of Preferred and Common Stocks: 1890-1909," Journal of Political Economy, V. 18, July 1910, pp. 5 13-24. "The Dun-Gibson Number," Quarterly Journal of Economics, V. 25, November 1910, pp. 161-72.

1911 . Reviewof Dean Howard and Joseph French Johnson's Money • and Banking. In , V. 1, March 1911, pp. 115-7. "Rates of and the Prices of Securities: 1890- 1909," Journal of Political Economy, V. 19, April 1911, pp. 269- 308. "The Publications of the National Monetary Commission," Quarterly

• Journal of Economics, V. 25, May 1911, pp. 563-93. "The Trustworthiness of the Bureau of Labor's Index Number of Wages," Quarterly Journal of Economics, V. 25, May 1911, pp. 613-20. "The British Report upon. Real Wages in America and ," Quarterly Journal of Economics, V. 26, November 1911, pp. 160-3. PUBLICATIONS BY WESLEY C. MITCHELL 347 1912 Review of 's The Purchasing Power of MOney. In Politi- cal Science Quarterly, V. 27, March 1912, pp. 160-4. "The Backward Art of Spending Money," American Economic Re- view,V. 2, June 1912, pp. 269-81. [Reprinted in The Backward Art of Spending Money, 1937. Pp. 3-19.] Review of George H. Hull's Industrial Depressions. In American Eco- nomic Review, V. 2, June 1912, pp. 359-61. Review of Walter T. Layton's'An Introduction to the Study of Prices. In American Economic Review, V. 2, September 1912, pp. 660-1.

1913 Review of Marion Talbot and Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge's The Modern . In Journal of Political Economy, V. 21, February 1913, p. 171. "Security Prices and Interest Rates in 1910-12," Journal of Political Economy, V. 21, June 1913, pp. 500-22. Business .Cycles. (Memoirs of the University of California, V. University of California Press, 1913. xviii, 610 pp. [New edition of Part III published with title Business Cycles and Their causes. University of California Press, 1941. xiv, .226 pp.]

1914 "The New Banking Measure in the ," Economic Jour- nal, V. 24, March 1914, pp. 130-8. Review of Albert Aftalion's Les Crises Périodiques de Surproduction. In American Economic Review, V. 4, March 1914, pp. 143-6. Review of C. C. Jackson's Six Industrial Crises. In American Eco- nomic Review, V. 4,'March 1914, p. 147. Review of W. G. Langworthy Taylor's The Credit System. In Political Science Quarterly, V. 29, March 1914, pp. 150-1. Note on Second Edition of Irving Fisher's The Purchasing Power of Money. In Political Science Quarterly, V. 29, March 1914, p. 170. [Not signed.] Review of Herbert Joseph Davenport's The Economics of Enterprise. In American Economic Review, V. 4, September 1914, pp. 602-5. Review of James Dysart Magee's Mopey and Prices: A Statistical Study of Movements. In American Economic Review, V. 4, September 1914, pp. 666-7. Review of Hugo Bilgram's The Cause of Business Depressions. In Political Science Quarterly, V. 29, September 1914, pp. 539-41. 348 BIBLIOGRAPHY "Human Behavior and Economics: A Survey of Recent Literature," Quarterly Journal of Economics, V. 29, November 1914, pp. 1-47. Review of Mario Alberti's Verso la Crisi? Le Tendenze Economiche Fondamentali del Momento Presente e gli Elementi per la Previ- sione Economica (preface by Luigi Luzzatti). In American Eco- nomic Review, V. 4, December 1914, pp. 906-7. "Economics," American Tear Book, 1914, pp. 672-3. 1915 Review of C. K. Hobson's The Export of Capital. In American Eco- nomic Review, V. 5, March 1915, pp. 81-3. "How the Statistical of Federal Bureaus Might Be Improved," Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Association, V. 14, March 1915, pp. 422-4. "The Making and Using of Index Numbers," Part I of Index Num- bers of Wholesale Prices in the United States and Foreign Countries, Bulletin of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. 173 (July1915), pp. 5-114. [Reprinted in abridged form, with title "Index Num- bers," in Business Statistics, edited by Melvin T. Copeland (Har- vard University Press, 1917), pp. 52-97. Revised in Bulletin 284, Part I (October 19?1), pp. 7-114; reprinted in Bulletin 656 (March l938),pp. 1-114.] "Economics," American Tear Book, 1915, pp. 667-8. 1916 "American Security Prices and Interest Rates, by Months, January 1913 to December 1915; by Years, 1890-1915," Journal of Political Economy, V. 24, February 1916, pp. 126-57. "The Role of Money Economic Theory," American Economic Review, V. 6, March 1916, Supplement, pp. 140-61. [Reprinted in The Backward Art of Spending Money, 1937. Pp. 149-76.] "A Critique of Index Numbers of the Prices of Stocks," Journal of Political Economy, V. 24, July 1916, pp. 625-93.. Review of Dennis Holme Robertson's A Study of In4ustrial Fluctua- tion. In American Economic Review, V. 6, September 1916, pp. 638-9. "Economics," American Tear Book, 1916, 347-8. 1917 Noie on Clement Juglar's A Brief History of Panics and Their Period- ical Occurrences in the United States (translated and edited by ID. W. Thom). In American Economic Review, V. 7, March 1917, p. 129. PUBLICATIONS BY WESLEY C. MITCHELL 349 "Wieser's Theory of Social Economics," Political Science Quarterly, V. 32, March 1917, PP. 95-118. [Reprinted in The Backward Art of Spending Money, 1937. Pp. 225-57.] "Economics," American Tear Book, 1917, pp. 325-6. 1918 Discussion of H. Parker's paper, "Motives in Economic Life," American Economic Review, V. 8, March 1918, Supplement, pp. 235-7. [Also published in Papers and Proceedings of the 12th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Society, December 27-29, 1917. University of Chicago Press, March 1918. Pp. 155-6.] Review of G. Kleene's Profit and Wages: A Study in the Distribu- tion of Income. In Political Science Quarterly, V. 33, March 1918,

pp. 101-3. 0 "Bentham'sFelicific Calculus,'.' Political Science Quarterly, V. 33, June 1918, pp. [Reprinted in The Backward Art of Spend- ing Money, 1937. Pp. 177-202.] "Our Memorial Volume," Quarterly Publications of the American

• StatisticalAssociation, V. 16, September 1918, pp. 119-20. "War Prices in the United States," Economic Journal, V. 28, Decem- ber 1918, pp. 460-3. "Economics," American Tear Book, 1918, p. 380. 1919 (With others) "Report of the Committee on the Purchasing Power of Money in Relation to the War," American Economic Review, V. 9, March 1919, Supplement,pp. 364-5. "Increase in the Production of Raw Materials, 1913-1918," Federal.

• Reserue Bulletin, V. 5, April 1, 1919,pp. 336-7. "Statistics and Government," Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Association, V. 16, March 1919,pp. 223-35. [Published also as "Need for Systematic Development of Social Statistics," Monthly LaborReview,V. 8, February 1919, pp. 353-62. Reprinted in The Backward Art of Spending Money, 1937. Pp. 42-57.] "Sound Money review of J. L. Laughlin's Money and

• Prices. In Nation, V. 109, September 13, 1919,pp. 376-7. [Not

• signed.] Review of The Review of , Preliminary Volume, No. 1. In Economic Review, V. 9, December 1919, pp. 872-6. "Economics," American Tear Book, 1919, pp. 738-9. A Comparison of Prices during the Civil War and Present War. Price

0 350 BIBLIOGRAPHY Section, Division of Planning and Statistics, War Industries Board, November 1918. Government Printing Office, 54 pp. [Not signed.] (Editor in Chief) History of Prices during the War. (U. S. War In- dustries Board, Price Bulletins Nos. 1-57.) Government Printing OffIce, 1919-20. History of Prices during the War. Summary. (U. S. War Industries Board, Price Bulletin No. 1.) Government Printing Office, 1919. 96 pp. (Assisted by Margaret L. Goldsmith and Florence K. Middaugh) History of Prices during the War. International Price Comparisons. (U. S. War Industries Board, Price Bulletin No. 2.) Government Printing Office, 1919. xiii, 395 pp. 1920 "Prices and Reconstruction," American Review, V. 10, March 1920, Supplement, pp. 129-55. [Printed in revised form as "Prices, and Business in the Near Future," Bankers Statistics Cor- poration Weekly , V. 1, February 10, 1920, Sec. 2.6 pp.] (With others) "Report of the Joint Census Advisory Committee Of the American Statistical and American Economic Associations," Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Association, V. 17, March 1920, pp. 76-107; also (without appendices) in Amer- ican Economic Review, V. March 1920, Supplement, pp. 267-78. " for Social Research," New Tork Evening Post, April 8, 1920, p. 8. "The International Factor in Price Fluctuations," Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science, V. 9, June 1920, pp. 67-9. "War Prices," a review of Simon Litman's Prices and Price Control in Great Britain and the United States during the World War. In Literary Review (New Tork Evening Post, Sec. 3), October 16, 1920, p. 8. A forecast of business conditions during 1921. In "The Outlook of 921 as Seen by Bankers, Business Men and ," New Tork Evening Post, December 31, 1920, Sec. 3, Part 1, p. 2. (With others) "Second Report of the Advisory Committee on the Census," Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Asso- ciation, V. 17, December 1920, pp. 465-83. "One Price for Each Commodity versus a Graded Scale of Prices," a memorandum in Paul Willard Garrett's Government Control over Prices. (U. S. War Industries Board, Price Bulletin No. 3.) Góv- ernment Printing Office, 1920. Pp. 387-9. PUBLICATIONS BY WESLEY C. MITCHELL 351 1921 "The Trade Crisis in the United States," Manchester Guardi4n Com- mercial, Annual Review Supplement, January 27, 1921, p. 257. First Annual Report of the Director of Research. National Bureau of Economic Research, February 7,.1921. 19 pp. (Mimeographed) A discussion of Irving Fisher's paper, "The Best Form of Index Num- ber," Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Associa- tion, V. 17, March 1921, p. 537. Review of David Friday's Profits, Wages and Prices. In Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Association, V. 17, March 1921, pp. 661-3. "Mr. Howe's Diagnosis," a review of Frederic C. Howe's Reuolution and Democracy. In Literary Review (New Tork Evening Post, Sec. 3), April16, 1921, p.5. Three Articles on Business Cycles. New Tork Evening Post, 1921. "Present Facts and Past Experience Indicate Revival Is Now at Hand; '' Sure Guide to Future," October 17, pp. 1, 13; "Business Revival Expected to Gather Momentum in Immedi- ate Future; Demand for Building Encouraging Factor," October 18, pp. 1, 10; "Effective Means of Lessening Severe Business De- pression Possible; Control of Business Fluctuation a Need," October 19, pp. 1, 13. "Business Cycle and Eveiyman's Job," New Tork Evening Post, Octo- ber25, l92l,p. 13:

• "Herr Rathenau's Philosophy," a review of Walter Rathenau's In

• Days to Come (translated by Eden and Cedar Paul). In Literary Review (New rork Evening Post, Sec. 3), November 12, 1921, p. 166. Testimony before the Committee on Education and Labor. In "Re- lieving Periods of by a System of Public Works." Hearing on S.2749, to prepare for future cyclical periods of depres- sion and unemployment by systems of public works, December 21 and 22, 1921. U. S. Cong., Senate, Committee on Education and Labor, Hearings, 67th Congress, 2nd Session. Pp. 4-8. "Business Making Progress in Positive Phase of Cycle," New Tork Evening Post, December 31, 1921, Sec. 2, Part 1, p. 1. (With others) "Report upon the Apportionment of Representatives," Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Association, V. 17, December 1921, pp. 1004-13. "How You Can Use 'The Business Cycle'," System, V. 40, December 1921, pp. 683-5, 767-8. 352 BIBLIOGRAPHY (With Wiliford I. King, Frederick R. Macaulay, and Oswald W. Knauth) Income in the United States: Its Amount and Distribu- tion, 1909-1919. V. 1, Summary. Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1921. xvi, 152 pp. 1922 (Editor) Income in the. United States: Its Amount and Distribution, 1909-1919. V. -2, Detailed Report. National Bureau of Economic Research, 1922. xiv, 440pp. Second Annual Report of the Director of Research. National Bureau of Economic Research, February 6, 1922. 10 pp. (Mimeographed) [Published, with minor revisions, as A Bold Experiment: The Story 01 the National Bureau of Economic Research. New York, February

• 1922. 15 pp.] "The Crisis of 1920 and the Problem of Controlling Business Cycles," American Economic Review, V. 12, March 1922, Supplement, pp.

• 20-32. (With others) "Third Report of the Advisory Committee of the Census," Journal of the Statistical Association, V. 18, March 1922, pp. 82-98. "Wages Considered in Relation to Products," New York Evening Post, June 7, 1922, pp. 6-7. Review of Frank H. Knight's Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. In Amer- ican Economic Reuiew, V. 12, June 1922, pp. 274-5. Review of Alvin Harvey Hansen's Cycles of Prosperity and Depression in the United States, Great Britain, and Germany. In Journal of the American Statistical Association, V. 18, June 1922, 281-3. "Men and Machines," a review of Arthur Pound's The iron Man in Industry: An Outline of the Significance of Automatic Machinery. In Literary Review (New York Evening Post, Sec. 3), July 8, 1922,

p. 788. . "HowCan We Dispose of the Allied Debts?" New York Times, No- vember 19, 1922, Sec. 8, P. 6. "Business Revival Shows Signs of Developing into Prosperity," New York Evening Post, December 30, 1922, Sec. 2, Part 1, pp. 1, 9. "The Business Cycle and Credits," Robert Morris Associates Monthly Bulletin, V. 5, December 1922, pp. 244-5 7. ."The Financial Policy in Its Relation to the ." In Report of the. National Agricultural Conference. (House Document No. 195, 67th Congress, 2d Session, V. 115.) Government Printing Of-

fice, 1922. Pp. 70-4. . PUBLICATIONS BY WESLEY C. MITCHELL 353 1923 "Making and Money," Mechanical Engineering) V. 45, January 1923, pp. 4-6. [Reprinted in Economics and Engineer- ing, Proceedings of the Joint Session of the American Economic Association and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, December 6, 1922 (1923), pp. 1-8; also in The Backward Art of Spending Money (1937), pp. 137-48. Reprinted in abridged ver- sion, "Making Money and Making Goods," in Management En- gineering, V. 4, January 1923, pp. 47-9;] Third Annual 'Report of the Director of Research. National Bureau of Economic Research, February 5, 1923. 21 pp. (Mimeographed) Review of A. M. Carr-Saunders' The Population Problem: A Study in Human Evolution. In Birth Control Review, V. 7, February

• l923,p.. 48. A discussion of "The Outlook for 1923," papers by A. A. Young, H. P. Willis,and A. H. Hansen, American Economic Review, V. 13, March 1923, Supplement, pp. 45-7. "Unemployment and Business Fluctuations," American Labor Legis- la.tion Review, V. 13, March 1923, pp; 15-22. "Accountants and Economics with Reference to the Business Cycle,"

• Journal of Accountancy, V. 35, March 1923, pp. 161-71. (With others) "Final Report of the Joint Committee of the American

• Statistical and the American Economic Associations to the' Director

• of the Census, 192 2,"Journal of the American Statistical Associa- tion, V. 18, March 1923, pp. 628-49. "Is Capitalism Decaying?" a review of Sidney and Beatrice Webb's The Decay of Capitalist Civilization. In Literary Review (New

• York Evening Post, Sec. 3), April 7, 1923, pp.577-8. "Expert Opinion on Unemployment Fund," The Advance, V. 7, May 18, 1923, p. 8. Review of Gustav Cassel's Money and Foreign Exchange after 1914. In Journal of the American Statistical' Association, V. 18, June 1•923, pp. 820-2. "History of Theories," a review of Arthur Eli Monroe's Monetary Theory Before Adam Smith. In Literary Review (New York Eve- ,fling Post, Sec. 3), December 1, 1923, p. 306. "Business During 1924 Likely to Be Generally Satisfactory," New

• TorkEveningPost,December3l, 1923, Sec. 2, Part l,pp. 1-2. •Review of Hudson Bridge Hastings' Costs and Profits:• Their Rela- tion to Business Cycles. In Political Science Quarterly, V. 38, De- cember 1923, pp. 684-6. 354 BIBLIOGRAPHY (With others) Business Cycles and Unemployment. An investigation under the auspices of the National Bureau of Economic Research made for a Committee of the Conference on Unem- ployment. McGraw-Hill, .1923. xl, 405 pp. [Includes "Introduc- tion," pp. 1-4; "Business Cycles," pp. 5-18; "The Economic Losses Caused by Business Cycles," with Wiliford I.. King, pp. 32-40; and "The Various Kinds of Remedies Proposed," pp. 113-5. "Business Cycles" (Chapter I) reprinted in Supplementary Read- ings in Economics, compiled by Ralph C. Epstein (Charles Scrib- ner's Sons, 1929), pp. 210-29; in Readings in Business Cycle Theory, edited by (Blakiston, 1944), pp. 43-60; and in Readings in Economics, edited by K. William Kapp and Lore L. Kapp (Barnes and Noble, 1949), pp. 373-88.] "The Problem of Controlling Business Cycles." In The Stabilization of Business, edited by Lionel D. Edie. Macmillan, 1923. 1-53. 1924 "The Business Hazard in the Machine Tool Industry," American Machinist, V. 60, January 3, 1924, pp. 1-4. Fourth Annual Report af the Director of Research. National Bureau of Economic Research, February 4, 1924. 21 pp. (Mimeographed) "Social Evolution," a review of Bertrand Russell's The Prospects of Industrial Civilization. In Literary Review (New Tork Evening Post, Sec. 3), February 9, 1924, p. 505. (With Horace Secrist) "Report of the Representatives of the Amer- • ican Economic Association on the Social Science Research Coun- cil," American Economic Review, V. 14, March 1924, Supplement, pp. 174-6. Review of Raphael Zon and William N. Sparhawk's Forest Resources of the World. In Political Science Quarterly, V. 39, March 1924, pp. 168-9. "Commons on the Legal Foundations of Capitalism," American Eco- nomic Review, V. 14, June 1924, pp. 240-53. Foreword to 's The Growth of American Trade Unions, 1880-1923. National Bureau of Economic Research, 1924. Pp. 5-8. Foreword to Willard L, Thorp's The Integration of Industrial Opera- tion. (U. S. Bureau of the Census, Census Monographs, No. 3.) Government Printing Office, 1924. Pp. 9-12. "The Prospects of Economics." In The Trend of Economics, edited by Rexford G. Tugwell. F. S. Crofts and Co., 1924. Pp. 3-34. [Re- printed in The Backward Art of Spending Money, 1937. Pp. 342- 85.] PUBLICATIONS BY WESLEY C. MITCHELL 355 1925 (With Edwin F. Gay). Fifth Annual Report of the Directors of Re- search. National Bureau of Economic Research, February 2, 1925. i0pp. (Mimeographed) "Quantitative Analysis in Economic Theory," American Economic Review, V. 15, March 1925, pp. 1-12. [Reprinted in The Backward Art of Spending Money, 1937. Pp. 20-37.] "Will the committee Recommend Special Plans to Facilitate the Effective Workings of' Its Committees?" In Minutes of the Com- mittee on Problems and Policy of the Social Science Research Council, August 1925-December 1926, Part I: Report of Joint Conference of the Committee on Problems and Policy of the SSRC meeting with. other representatives of the Social Sciences, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 31-September 3, 1925. Pp. 69- 71. Report on plan9ed studies to a meeting of the Committee on the Scientific Aspects of Human Migration, December 27, 1925. In Minutes of the Social Science Research Council, February 24, 1923- September 3, 1926. Pp. 123 if. Address on the development of social science from an economic view- point. In The Social Science Research Council Hanover Confer- ence, 1925. V. 2, pp. 471-83. (Mimeographed)

1926 . (WithEdwin F. Gay) Sixth Annual Report of the Directors of Re- search. National Bureau of Economic Research, February 1, 1926. • 12 pp. (Mimeographed) "The Contribution of the Social Sciences in Solving Social Problems," • American Labor Legislation Review, V. 16, March 1926, pp. 84-5. "The Research Fellowships.of the Social Science Research Council," Political Science Quarterly, V. 41, December 1926, pp. 604-7. [Re- printed in Annual Reportof the Chairman, Social Science Research Council, 1926. Chicago, February 1927. Pp. 16-8.] "Introduction: Business Cycles as Revealed by Business Annals." In Willard L. Thorp's Business Annals. National Bureau of Economic Research, 1926. Pp. 15-100. [Section IV and part. of Section VI re- 'printed in Russian in Voprosy Koniunktury (The Problems of Economic Conditions), edited by N. D. Kondratieff. The Conjunc. ture Institute, Moscow, 1927. V. 3, Issue 1, pp. 1-16.] •Prefatory Note to Simon S. Kuznets' Cyclical Fluctuations: Retail and Wholesale Trade, United States, 1919-1925. Adelphi Co., 1926. Pp.. iii-vi.

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1932 Address at a dinner in honor of Professor Edwin F. Gay at the Har- vard Faculty Club, December 22, 1932. In Harvard Alumni Bulle- .tin, V. 35, January 13, 1933, pp. 377-8. 1'

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• "Robbins, The ," Quarterly Journal of Economics, V. 49, May 1935, pp. 503-7. (With Arthur F. Burns) "The National Bureau's Measures of Cyclical Behavior," Bulletin 57. National Bureau of Economic Research, July 1, 1935. 20 pp. "Commons on ," American Economic Re- 362 view, V. 25, December 1935, pp. 635-52. [Reprinted in The Back- ward Art of Spending Money, 1937. Pp. 313-41.] Foreword to Essays in Social Economics in Honor of Jessica Blanche Peixotto. University of California Press, 1935. Pp. 1-4. 1936 (With Arthur F. Burns) "Production during the American Business Cycle of 1927-1933," Bulletin 61. National Bureau of Economic Research, November 9, 1936. 20 pp. "Intelligence and the Guidance of Economic Evolution," Scientific Monthly, V. 43, November 1936, pp. 450-65. [Also in Authority and the Individual ( Press, 1937), pp. 3-36; Models for Writing Prose, revised edition, edited by Roger S. Loomis (Farrar & Rinehart, 1937), pp. 145-69; The Backward Art of Spending Money (1937), pp. 103-36; Science and Social Change, compiled by Jesse E. Thornton (The Brookings Institu- tion, 1939), pp. 525-53.]. "Retrospect and Prospect, 1920-1936," Sixteenth Annual Report of the Director of Research. National Bureau of Economic Research, 1936. 48 pp. What Veblen Taught. Selected Writings of Thorstein Veblen, edited with an Introduction by Wesley C. Mitchell. Viking Press, 1936. 1, 503 pp. [Introduction reprinted in The Backward Art of Spend- ing MOney, 1937. Pp. 279-312.] 1937 Smith Is Pleased," Nation, V. 144, March 27, 1937, pp. 356-7. The Backward Art of Spending Money and Other Essays. McGraw- Hill, 1937. vii, 421 pp. Prefatory. note to Studies in Income and Wealth, V. 1, by the Con- ference on Research in National Income and Wealth. National. Bureau of Economic Research, 1937. Pp. vii-viii. 1938 (With Arthur F. Burns) "Statistical Indicators of Cyclical Revivals," Bulletin 69. National Bureau of Economic Research, May 28, 1938.

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1939 "Science and the State of Mind," Science, V. 89, January 6, 1939, pp. 1-4. [Translated as "La Ciencia y la ActitudMental," Ultra, V. 6, March 1939, pp.204-6.] "TheNational Bureau Enters Its Twentieth Year," Nineteenth An- nual Report of the Director of Research. National Bureau of Eco- nomic Research, April 1939. 56 pp. "In Memoriam: Edwin R. A. Seligman," Political Science Quarterly, V. 54, September 1939, 3 unnumbered pages following p. 480. [Reprinted in Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman: 1861 -1939. Overbrook Press, Stamford, 1942. Pp. 59-62.] "The Public Relations of Science," Science, V. 90, December 29, 1939, pp. 599-607. [Reprinted in Nature, V. 145, February 10, 1940, pp. 207-11; also in Vital Speeches of the Day, V. 6, March 1, 1940, pp. 297-303.] "Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman: 1861-1939," American Eco- nomic Review, V. 29, December 1939, pp. 911-3. [Reprinted in Edwin• Robert Anderson Seligman: 1861 -1939. The Overbrook Press, Stamford, 1942. Pp. 95-101.]

1940 "The National Bureau's Social Function," Twentieth Annual Report of the Director of Research. National Bureau of Economic Re- search, March 1940. 59 pp. "Feeling and Thinking in Scientific Work," Social Science, V. 15, July 1940, pp. 229-32. Foreword to Wilbur C. Phillips' Adventuring for Democracy. Social Unit Press, New York, 1940. Pp. xi-xvi. Participation in the panel discussion and "Supplementary Statement by Wesley C. Mitchell." In Raymond T. Bye's An Appraisal of Frederick C. Mills', The Behavior of Prices, with a rejoinder by Frederick C. Mills, a panel discussion, and acommentaryby Read Bain. The Social Science Research Council, New York, 1940. Remarks as chairman of a round-table discussion, "The Social Sciences, One or In Eleven Twenty-six: A Decade of Social Science Research, edited by Louis Wirth. University of Chicago Press, 1940. Pp. 113-22,

1941 A discussion of "The Economic Consequences of War since 1790," papers by Henry Oliver and Willard L. Thorp, American Economic Review, V. 30, February 1941, pp. 362-3. 364 BIBLIOGRAPHY "J. Laurence Laughlin," Journal of Political Economy, V. 49, De- cember 1941, pp. 875-81. "Conservation, Liberty and Economics." In The Foundations of Conservation Education, edited by the Committee on Conserva- tion Education of the National Wildlife Federation. (Education in Conservation, Pamphlet No. 3.) The Federation, Washington, 1941. Pp. 1-12. "Economic Resources and Their Employment." In Studies in Eco- nomics and Industrial Relations. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1941. Pp. 1-23. [Printed in abridged version in Nature, V. 146, November 2, 1940, pp. 575-6.] "The National Bureau and -Its Collaborators," Twenty-first Annual Report of the Director of Research. National Bureau of Economic Research, 1941. 64-pp. 1942 Abstract of an address, "The Effects of the Civil War on Prices, Wages, and the Distribution of Income," American Economic- Re- view, V. 32, March 1942, Supplement, pp. 228-9. "Annual Report of the President of the Academy of Political Science," Political Science Quarterly, V. 57, March 1942, pp. 1-6. "National Unity and Individual Liberties," School and Society, V. 55, June 13, 653-60. Introduction to The Text boo-ks of Harold Rugg. A publication of the Committee on Textbooks of the American Committee for De- mocracy and Intellectual Freedom. Wesley C. Mitchell, Chair- man. New York, 1942. Pp. 4-5.

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1945 "The National First Quarter-Century," Twenty-fifth An- nual Report of the Director of Research. National Bureau of Eco- nomic Research, May 1945. 1140. Testimony before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Military Af- fairs, October 29, 1945. In Hearings on Science Legislation. U. S. Cong., Senate, Committee on Military Affairs, Hearings, 79th Con- gress, 1st Session. Part 4 (October 29-November 1, 1945), pp. 738- 44, 775-6, 781-2, 784-6.

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367 368 BIBLIOGRAPHY Brown, Harry G., review of Gold, Prices, and Wages under the Green- back Standard. In Tale Review, V. 18, May 1909, pp. 99-101. Burns, Arthur F., "The Duration of Business Cycles," Quarterly Jour- nal of Economics, V. 43, August 1929, pp. 726-3 3. Burns, Arthur F., "Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874-1948)," Tear Book of the American Philosophical Society, 1948, pp. 280-4. *Burns, Arthur F., "Wesley Mitchell and the National Bureau," Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the Director of Research. Na- tional Bureau of Economic Research, May 1949. Pp. 3-55. Burns, Arthur F., Introduction to What Happens during Business Cycles. National Bureau of Economic Research, 1951. Pp. vii-xxi. [Reprinted as "Mitchell on What Happens during Business Cycles" in Conference on Business Cycles (National Bureau of Economic

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