Economics and the public interest.
Subtitle: [Essays written in honor of Eugene Ewald Agger]
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 1955
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Agger, Eugene Ewald, 1874-; Economic policy
Notes: Bibliographical footnotes.
Table of contents: title: Method & purpose of economics: Economics as social philosophy, moral philosophy, & technology / R. A. Solo. Task of institutionalism / W. C. Bagley, Jr. Poverty of economics / R. Mitchell; title: Economics in the empirical analysis of modern society: Diffusion of business cycles / G. H. Moore. Marketing's contribution to economics / R. S. Alexander. Profits, a semantic problem child / S.I. Simon. Forecasting automotive sales / J. W. Sundelson. Economics & accounting / R. Hoegstedt; title: Economic policy & social control: Role of government in education / M. Friedman. Rain-making & monetary policy / A Murad. Public finance & the public interest / A. Balinky. Public policy & union security / M. Berkowitz. Managerial zones of reasonableness in public utility regulation / L. Knappen. Economic systems & social size / L. Kohr. Development of international commodity policy / M. Gideonse. International employment problems & policy / D. A. Morse (Cont'd); title: (Cont'd); title: Economic growth & development: Colonial experience & the social context of economic development programs / H.D. Gideonse. Growth theory & the problem of economic stabilization / K. K. Kurihara. Who bears the cost of economic development? R. J. Alexander. Land tenure reform as an aspect of economic development in Asia / R. R. Renne.