The dynamics of business / Norman F. Silberling.

Preface, v -- 1. Introduction, 1 -- 2. The trend of population growth, 9 -- 3. The growth trend of production and trade, 30 -- 4. Business activity, prices, and wars, 47 -- 5. The dynamics of the price level, 72 -- 6. The interaction of money, trade, and price level, 103 -- 7. The value of trade, national income, and farm income, 124 -- 8. Further cyclical aspects of agriculture, 152 -- 9. The dynamics of building and real estate, 175 -- 10. Transportation development as a cyclical factor, 208 -- 11. Commercial banks and capital financing, 239 -- 12. The federal reserve and credit control experiments, 265 -- 13. The gathering international storm, 1928-1931, 291 -- 14. International factors in monetary policy, 1931-1938, 314 -- 15. Financial reconstruction, 337 -- 16. Interest rates and corporate-bond issues, 364 -- 17. Stock prices, speculation, and stock financing, 396 -- 18. Corporate earnings, savings, and capital investment, 428 -- 19. Consumer income use and merchandising cycles, 461 -- 20. Industrial labor productivity, wage income, and employment, 497 -- 21. Cyclical stabilization of wage income, 535 -- 22. Business forecasting, 559 -- 23. Dynamic business policy, 586 -- 24. Price disparity and cyclical instability, 614 -- 25. The future of production and capital, 651 -- Appendix, 685.