Economic Stabilization : : Objective, Rules, and Mechanisms / / Walter P. Egle.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Egle, Walter P.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1952
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: University of Cincinnati Publications ; 2429
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (278 p.)

A theoretical discussion of the problem of achieving economic stabilization. Mr. Egle offers a commonsense compromise between those who would use only automatic devices to counteract business swings and those who would give the government great discretionary powers.Originally published in 1952.The P...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Foreword
• Contents
• PART I. Some General Issues Concerning Stabilization
• Chapter 1. Pseudostabilization Problems
• Chapter 2. Two Schools of Thought on Countercyclical Action
• PART II. The Built-In Stabilizers
• Chapter 3. The Theory of Built-in Stabilizers
• Chapter 4. The Effectiveness of Existing Stabilizers
• Chapter 5. Proposed Constant Stabilizers
• Chapter 6. Rules of Adaptation of Flexible Stabilizers to Various Degrees of Off-Balance
• Chapter 7. A Summary Appraisal of All Variations of Automatic Management
• PART III. The Method Of Binding Targets
• Chapter 8. The Theory of Binding Targets
• Chapter 9. The Problem of Indexes
• Chapter 10. The Problem of the Most Suitable Choice Among Available Indexes Measuring Total Economic Activity
• Chapter 11. A Margin of Tolerable Fluctuations
• Chapter 12. The Problem of the Size of the Margin
• PART IV. The Means Of Stabilization
• Chapter 13. Adequate Controls for the Launching Period
• Chapter 14. Technical Requisites of Monetary-Fiscal Machinery
• Chapter 15. Nonmonetary Stabilization Policies
• Chapter 16. Binding Targets and Economic Freedom
• Chapter 17. Summary of the Main Problems and Conclusions
• Bibliography
• Index