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Abstract: Introduction and summary - General aspects of price control - Techniques - Some case studies - Special problems - Related controls - The future of controls.

Abstract: Basic causes of industrial conflict - Wages and hours - Organization of labor and management - Legal foundations of organization and bargaining - The government in industrial conflicts - Social security.

Abstract: Determinants of income - Social setting - Economic policy.

Abstract: Various monetary theories - The old philosophers and the writers of the middle ages - The beginning of modern history - The eighteenth century - Adam Smith - The nineteenth century - Modern Writers - The yield theory of the value of money.

Abstract: Should the metric system displace the english system of weights and measures in the United States? - Analysis of arguments for and against the compulsory adoption of the metric system in the United States.

Abstract: The principal questions - Characteristics and financing of pension programs, 1940-80 - Pension programs, the redistribution of income, and saving - The effect of pension on aggregate saving - The impact of pensions on the capital markets: private funds - The impact of pensions on the capital markets: governmental programs - Concluding observation.

Abstract: General economic and financial situation in Germany - Political conditions - German balance of international payments.

Abstract: Foreword by P.C. Mahalanobis - Preface by Oskar Lange - Fundamentals of economic planning - Some problems concerning economic planning in underdeveloped countries - Some observations on input-output analysis.

Abstract: Semantic Network Analysis in Social Sciences introduces the fundamentals of semantic network analysis and its applications in the social sciences. Readers learn how to easily transform any given text into a visual network of words co-occurring together, a process that allows mapping the main themes appearing in the text and revealing its main narratives and biases. Semantic network analysis is particularly useful today with the increasing volumes of text-based information available. It ...; [Read more...] Semantic Network Analysis in Social Sciences introduces the fundamentals of semantic network analysis and its applications in the social sciences. Readers learn how to easily transform any given text into a visual network of words co-occurring together, a process that allows mapping the main themes appearing in the text and revealing its main narratives and biases. Semantic network analysis is particularly useful today with the increasing volumes of text-based information available. It is one of the developing, cutting-edge methods to organize, identify patterns and structures, and understand the meanings of our information society. The first chapters in this book offer step-by-step guidelines for conducting semantic network analysis, including choosing and preparing the text, selecting desired words, constructing the networks, and interpreting their meanings. Free software tools and code are also presented. The rest of the book displays state-of-the-art studies from around the world that apply this method to explore news, political speeches, social media content, and even to organize interview transcripts and literature reviews.

Abstract: Elements of national income theory - Advanced analysis of national income determination - Some problems in the analysis of equilibrium.