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L'Equilibre dans les Relations Economiques Internationales , by Albert Aftalion. Paris: Les Editions Domat-Montchrestien. F. Loviton et Cie. 1937. 466 pp. 60 fr. Printed in French. Reviewed by Ernest Minor Patterson Balances of Payments 1935. Geneva: League of Nations. New York: Columbia University Press (Agents). 1937. 176 pp. $1.50. Reviewed by Ray Ovid Hall National Income and Outlay , by Colin Clark. London: Macmillan and Company, Ltd., 1937. xix, 304 pp. $4.50. Reviewed by Clark Warburton Income Received in the Various States 1929–1935 , by John A. Slaughter. New York: National Industrial Conference Board, Inc. N.I.C.B. Studies Number 234. May, 1937. xv, 167 pp. $3.50. Reviewed by Robert R. Nathan Long-Term Debts in the United States , by Donald C. Horton. Washington, D. C.: United States Government Printing Office. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, U. S. Department of Commerce. Domestic Commerce Series, No. 96. 1937. vi, 211 pp. 20 cents. Private Long-Term Debt and Interest in the United States , by Leonard Kuvin. New York: National Industrial Conference Board, Inc. N.I.C.B. Studies No. 230. September 1936. xiv, 138 pp. $2.50. Reviewed by Corliss L. Parry Studies in the Theory of International Trade , by Jacob Viner. New York and London: Harper and Brothers. 1937. xv, 650 pp. $4.50. Reviewed by James D. Paris Die Britische Handelspolitik seit Ottawa und ihre weltwirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen , von Dr. Hans Schlie. Jena, Germany: Verlag von Gustav Fischer. Probleme der Weltwirtschaft. Schriften des Instituts für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität Kiel. Herausgegeben von Professor Andreas Predöhl. 1937. xvi, 241 pp. RM 12.– Reviewed by Mildred Hartsough World Finances 1935–1937 , by Paul Einzig. New York: The Macmillan Company. 1937. xvi, 342 pp. $3.00. Reviewed by Murray Shields A Program of Financial Research , National Bureau of Economic Research, in co-operation with Association of Reserve City Bankers. Volume One: Report of the Exploratory Committee on Financial Research of the National Bureau of Economic Research. New York. 1937. Studies in Finance, Number One. x, 81 pp. $1.00. Volume Two: Inventory of Current Research on Financial Problems. New York. 1937. Studies in Finance, Number One. viii, 253 pp. $1.50. Reviewed by Jules I. Bogen Wholesaling, Principles and Practice , by Theodore N. Beckman and Nathanael H. Engle. New York: The Ronald Press Company. xvii, 628 pp. 1937. $4.00. Reviewed by Stanley F. Teele Big Business: Its Growth and Its Place. New York: Prepared under the Auspices of the Corporation Survey Committee of the Twentieth Century Fund, Inc. 1937. xv, 102 pp. $1.35. Reviewed by Gardiner C. Means How Profitable is Big Business? New York: Twentieth Century Fund, Inc. Prepared under the direction of the Corporation Survey Committee of the Twentieth Century Fund, Inc. 1937. xviii, 201 pp. $2.00. Reviewed by Samuel S. Stratton NRA Economic Planning , by Charles Fredrick Roos. Bloomington, Indiana: The Principia Press, Inc. Cowles Commission for Research in Economics, Monograph No. 2. xxii, 596 pp. $5.00. Reviewed by Collis Stocking Controlling Retailers , A Study of Co-operation and Control in the Retail Trade with Special Reference to the N.R.A., by Ruth Prince Mack. New York: Columbia University Press. London: P. S. King & Son, Ltd. 1936. Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, No. 423. Edited by the Faculty of Political Science of Columbia University. 551 pp. $4.50. Reviewed by Stanley F. Teele Sugar, A Case Study of Government Control , by John E. Dalton. New York: The Macmillan Company. 1937. x, 311 pp. $3.00. Reviewed by J. P. Cavin Marketing Research—Its Function, Scope, and Method , by D. M. Phelps. Michigan: Bureau of Business Research, University of Michigan. Michigan Business Studies, Volume VIII, Number 2. 1937. iv, 149 pp. $1.00. Reviewed by R. S. Alexander Sources of Current Trade Statistics , by Jettie Turner. Washington, D. C.: Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, United States Department of Commerce. Market Research Series No. 13. June 1937. vii, 47 pp. 25 cents. Reviewed by Edwin B. George Expenses and Profits of Limited Price Variety Chains in 1936 , by Malcolm P. McNair. Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard University. Publication of the Graduate School of Business Administration. Volume XXIV, Number 4. Bureau of Business Research, Bulletin Number 105. June, 1937. vi, 38 pp. $1.00. Reviewed by Kenneth Dameron Operating Results of Department and Specialty Stores in 1936 , by Carl N. Schmalz. Boston, Massachusetts: Bureau of Business Research, Harvard University. Publication of the Graduate School of Business Administration. Volume XXIV, Number 3. May 1937. Bureau of Business Research Bulletin Number 104. vi, 38 pp. $2.50. Reviewed by D. M. Phelps The Physical Distribution of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables , by Edward A. Duddy and David A. Revzan. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. Studies in Business Administration, Vol. VII, No. 2. 1937. ix, 92 pp. $1.00. Reviewed by Wilford L. White The Objective Rate Plan for Reducing the Price of Residential Electricity , by William F. Kennedy. New York: Columbia University Press. 1937. x, 83 pp. $1.25. Reviewed by Irston R. Barnes A Study of Fluid Milk Prices , by John M. Cassels. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Harvard Economic Studies, Volume LIV. 1937. xxvii, 303 pp. $4.00. Reviewed by Mordecai Ezekiel Butter and Oleomargarine: An Analysis of Competing Commodities , by W. R. Pabst, Jr. New York: Columbia University Press. London: P. S. King & Son, Ltd. 1937. Studies in History, Economics and Public Law. Edited by the Faculty of Political Science of Columbia University. Number 427. 112 pp. $1.50. Reviewed by E. E. Vial The Theory of Statistical Inference, 1936–1937. Lectures by S. S. Wilks, Princeton University. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Planographed by Edward Brothers. 1937. iii, 106 pp. $1.50. Reviewed by H. L. Rietz The Mathematical Problem of the Price Index , by J. K. Montgomery. London: P. S. King & Son, Ltd. 1937. 74 pp. 6 s. 0 d. Reviewed by Irving Fisher On the Statistical Theory of Errors , by W. Edwards Deming and Raymond T. Birge. Washington, D. C.: The Graduate School of the United States Department of Agriculture. (Reprinted from Reviews of Modern Physics , July 1937, with additional notes dated 1937.) Pp. 119–161. 35 cents. Reviewed by Paul R. Rider Statistical Analyses of Industrial Property Retirements , by Robley Winfrey. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State College. Publication of the Iowa Engineering Experiment Station, Bulletin Number 125. December, 1935. 176 pp. Free. Reviewed by S. S. Wilks Mathematics of Finance , by D. H. Mackenzie. New York & London. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc. First Edition. 1937. ix, 313 pp. Including Compound Interest and Annuity Tables , by F. C. Kent and M. E. Kent. First Edition, Seventh Impression. 1926. viii, 214 pp. $3.75. Reviewed by M. A. Brumbaugh Business Statistics , by George R. Davies and Dale Yoder. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd. 1937. vii, 548 pp. $3.50. Reviewed by Frances V. Scott Statistical Tables: Their Structure and Use , by Helen M. Walker and Walter N. Durost. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University. 1936. v, 76 pp. $1.60. Reviewed by Herbert A. Toops Middletown in Transition , A Study in Cultural Conflicts, by Robert S. Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. 1937. xviii, 604 pp. $5.00. Reviewed by George A. Lundberg Can Delinquency be Measured? by Sophia Moses Robison. New York: Columbia University Press. Published for the Welfare Council of New York City. With a Foreword by Professor R. M. McIver. 1936. xxvi, 277 pp. $3.00.