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Earlier Theories of Crises and Cycles in the United States

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I. Theories of the causes of crises and cycles: agnostic theories, 294.—Emphasis placed upon the influence of the credit system, 296.—Attention to the psychology of business men, 299.—Periodicity of commercial crises, 300. — Theory that banks cause the business cycle, 308.—Critics of the theory that banks cause the business cycle, 308. — Theory of the self-generating cycle, 309. — Influence of maladjustments of production, 312. II. Suggestions for moderating the cycle: loan policy, 316.—Variable discount rate, 319.—Surplus reserves at New York, 322.—Abolition of the payment of interest on deposits at New York, 325.—The call-loan evil at New York, 327.

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  • Harry E. Miller, 1924. "Earlier Theories of Crises and Cycles in the United States," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 38(2), pages 294-329.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:38:y:1924:i:2:p:294-329.
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    1. Ignacio Escañuela ROMANA, 2018. "Did Harvard barometers allow for the prediction of the 1929 Stock market crash?," Journal of Economics and Political Economy, KSP Journals, vol. 5(1), pages 105-120, March.
    2. Hugh Rockoff, 2003. "Prodigals and Projecture: An Economic History of Usury Laws in the United States from Colonial Times to 1900," NBER Working Papers 9742, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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