The causes of the economic crisis: and other essays before and after the great depression

Name: The causes of the economic crisis: and other essays before and after the great depression
Author: Mises

1978

by Mises

Business Cycle TheoryCredit ExpansionGold StandardGreat DepressionLudwig von MisesMises InstituteMonetary TheoryCentral BankingFriedrich A. HayekMethodologyMonetary ReformPrice LevelFederal ReserveFree BankingJohn Maynard KeynesMalinvestmentPurchasing PowerStabilizationTrade UnionsAustrian SchoolCarl MengerFiat MoneyGresham's LawWorld War IAdam SmithDavid HumeExchange RatesInflationInterest RatesLegal TenderQuantity Theory of MoneySpeculationReichsbankDavid RicardoDevaluationFrench RevolutionPublic FinanceExchange ControlMercantilismDeficit SpendingReparationsSocialismTreaty of VersaillesBanking SchoolFiduciary MediaInternational LiquidityBankingFree TradeLiberalismProtectionismStatismBalance of PaymentsFriedrich von WieserLiquidityBusiness CyclesCurrency SchoolEugen von Bohm-BawerkHistorical SchoolInstitutionalismMonetary PolicyIrving FisherWilliam Stanley JevonsBanknotesGold ReservesGustav CasselGottfried HaberlerSubjective ValueEconomic CalculationPolitical EconomyHermann Heinrich GossenIncome DistributionInternational TradeBimetallismForced SavingKnut WicksellUnderconsumptionInterventionismDiscount RateLeon WalrasFrederic BastiatBoom and BustNatural Rate of InterestHerbert SpencerCapitalismMarxismPlanned EconomyCompetitionConsumer SovereigntyEntrepreneurshipMarket ProcessPrice TheoryProfit and LossLabor MarketWagesEconomic CrisisUnemploymentCapital AccumulationProductivityClass StruggleLabor LawWage RigidityInfrastructureCartelsLabor MobilityInnovationRationalizationAgricultureRaw MaterialsSubsidiesAutarkyEconomic PolicyCapital ConsumptionTaxationEconomic RecoveryProperty RightsArthur SpiethoffAlvin HansenSavingScarcityTime Preference

Table of Contents · 73 segments

Front Matter, Dedication, Publication Information, and Contentschapter

Foreword by Frank Shostakessay

Introduction by Percy L. Greaves, Jr.essay

Stabilization of the Monetary Unit: Opening Statementtheoretical

The Outcome of Inflationtheoretical

The Emancipation of Monetary Value from Government Influencetheoretical

The Return to Goldtheoretical

The Money Relation and Opening of Balance of Payments Discussiontheoretical

Comments on the “Balance of Payments” Doctrinetheoretical

The Inflationist Argumenttheoretical

The New Monetary Systemtheoretical

The Ideological Meaning of Reformtheoretical

Appendix: Balance of Payments and Foreign Exchange Ratesessay

Monetary Stabilization and Cyclical Policy: Introductionessay

Part A, I: The Problem of Stable-Value Moneytheoretical

Part A, II: The Gold Standardtheoretical

Part A, III: The “Manipulation” of the Gold Standardtheoretical

Measuring Changes in Purchasing Power: Imaginary Constructionstheoretical

Measuring Changes in Purchasing Power: Index Numberstheoretical

Fisher’s Stabilization Plan: Political Problemtheoretical

Fisher’s Stabilization Plan: Multiple Commodity Standardtheoretical

Fisher’s Stabilization Plan: Price Premiumtheoretical

Fisher’s Stabilization Plan: Changes in Wealth and Incometheoretical

Fisher’s Stabilization Plan: Uncompensatable Changes and Transition to Goods-Induced and Cash-Induced Changestheoretical

VI. Goods-Induced and Cash-Induced Changes in Purchasing Powertheoretical

VII. The Goal of Monetary Policytheoretical

Part B, I–II. Stabilization, Trade Cycles, and Circulation Credit Theorytheoretical

Part B, III. The Reappearance of Cyclestheoretical

Part B, IV. The Crisis Policy of the Currency School and Opening of V. Modern Cyclical Policytheoretical

Modern Cyclical Policy: Pre-World War I Policytheoretical

Post-World War I Policiestheoretical

Empirical Studiestheoretical

Arbitrary Political Decisionstheoretical

Sound Theory Essential; Transition to Control of the Money Markettheoretical

Control of the Money Market: International Competition or Cooperationchapter

Control of the Money Market: Boom Promotion Problemschapter

Control of the Money Market: Drive for Tighter Controlschapter

Business Forecasting for Cyclical Policy: Contributions of Business Cycle Researchchapter

Business Forecasting for Cyclical Policy: Difficulties of Precise Predictionchapter

Aims and Method of Cyclical Policy: Revised Currency School Theorychapter

Aims and Method of Cyclical Policy: Price Level Stabilizationchapter

Aims and Method of Cyclical Policy: International Complicationschapter

Aims and Method of Cyclical Policy: The Futurechapter

The Causes of the Economic Crisis: The Marxian Anarchy of Production Mythessay

The Nature and Role of the Market: The Role and Rule of Consumersessay

The Nature and Role of the Market: Production for Consumptionessay

The Nature and Role of the Market: The Perniciousness of a Producers’ Policyessay

Cyclical Changes in Business Conditions: Role of Interest Ratesessay

Cyclical Changes in Business Conditions: The Sequel of Credit Expansionessay

The Present Crisis: Introductory Diagnosisessay

Unemployment: The Market Wage Rate Processessay

Unemployment: The Labor Union Wage Rate Conceptessay

Unemployment: The Cause of Unemploymentessay

Unemployment: The Remedy for Mass Unemploymentessay

Unemployment: Effects of Government Interventionessay

Unemployment: The Process of Progressessay

Price Declines and Price Supports: The Subsidization of Surplusesessay

Price Declines and Price Supports: The Need for Readjustmentsessay

Tax Policy: The Anti-Capitalistic Mentalityessay

Gold Production: The Decline in Pricesessay

Gold Production: Inflation as a Remedyessay

Is There a Way Out? The Cause of Our Difficultiesessay

Is There a Way Out? The Unwanted Solutionessay

Current Status of Business Cycle Research: Circulation Credit Theory and Low Interest Ratesessay

Current Status of Business Cycle Research: The Popularity of Labor Union Policyessay

Current Status of Business Cycle Research: Effects of Lower Than Market Interest Ratesessay

Current Status of Business Cycle Research: The Questionable Fear of Declining Pricesessay

The Trade Cycle and Credit Expansion: The Unpopularity of Interestessay

The Trade Cycle and Credit Expansion: The Two Classes of Creditessay

The Trade Cycle and Credit Expansion: Function of Prices, Wage Rates, and Interest Ratesessay

The Trade Cycle and Credit Expansion: Effects of Politically Lowered Interest Ratesessay

The Trade Cycle and Credit Expansion: The Inevitable Endingessay

Indexbibliography