Author(s): Wilhelm Ropke
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Year: 1936
Title Page
Copyright Page
Preface
Contents
Chapter I. Introduction
Chapter II. The Phenomena of Economic Fluctuations
§ 1. General Survey
§ 2. The Nature of the Trade Cycle
§ 3. The Typical Course of the Trade Cycle
§ 4. Economic Crises
References
Chapter III. The History of Cycles and Crises
§ 5. Economic Crises during the Early Period of Capitalism
§ 6. Cycles and Crises in the Nineteenth Century
§ 7. Economic Development up till the Outbreak of the World Crisis of 1929
§ 8. The World Economic Crisis since 1929
Chapter IV. The Causes of Crises and Cycles
§ 9. Introductory
§ 10. The General Sources of Disturbance
§ 11. Over-Production
§ 12. Under-Consumption
§ 13. Psychological Factors
§ 14. Savings and Investment
§ 15. Money and Credit and the Cycle
§ 16. The Secondary Depression
§ 17. Summary
Chapter V. Trade-Cycle Policy
§ 18. The Effects of Crises and Cycles
§ 19. The Bases of Trade-Cycle Policy
1. Measures for Controlling the Cyclical Movement as a Whole
§ 20. Credit Control
§ 21. Compensatory Budget Policy and Other Measures
§ 22. Trade-Cycle Policy and the Gold Standard
§ 23. Summary
2. Measures for Overcoming the Depression
§ 24. Interference with the Structure of Prices and of Production (Restriction)
§ 25. Expansion: Its Nature and Significance
§ 26. The Technique of Expansion: Some Recent Experiences
3. Symptomatic Measures (Palliatives)
§ 27. Unemployment Relief
§ 28. Other Measures
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
