1st Edition
The Industrial Crisis Its Causes and Its Lessons
The Industrial Crisis (1933) examines the causes and effects of the Stock Market Crash of 1929, looking at the political causes and ramifications as well as the economic ones. It looks at the varied factors – industrial output, inflation, investments, loans and debt – and attempts to draw lessons to be learned, lessons that can still be of use today.
1. Introduction 2. The Control of Industrial Output 3. The Market Place 4. Commercial Motives 5. Mass Production 6. The Distribution of Wealth 7. Money 8. Short Term Loans 9. Trade Cycles 10. Investment 11. The Balance Between Saving and Investment 12. Foreign Investment 13. The Trade Balance 14. Tariffs and Subsidies 15. War Finance 16. Reparations and War Debts 17. Great Britain’s Return to the Gold Standard 18. The Causes of the Crisis 19. The Lessons of the Crisis 20. Reconstruction
Biography
Lieut.-Colonel K.E. Edgeworth
