The Journal of Political Economy, Volume 27University of Chicago Press, 1919 - Economics Deals with research and scholarship in economic theory. Presents analytical, interpretive, and empirical studies in the areas of monetary theory, fiscal policy, labor economics, planning and development, micro- and macroeconomic theory, international trade and finance, and industrial organization. Also covers interdisciplinary fields such as history of economic thought and social economics. |
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... yards were unfit for con- struction purposes while the Navy Department with its pre - existing organization had contracted for the use of well over one - half of the steel - ship ways , thereby closing these ways to the Merchant Marine ...
... yards were unfit for con- struction purposes while the Navy Department with its pre - existing organization had contracted for the use of well over one - half of the steel - ship ways , thereby closing these ways to the Merchant Marine ...
Page 148
... yards were under efficient management , the great majority of the new yards which were built during the war were owned and managed by men who were not familiar with the technical problems of shipbuilding and these yards were managed on ...
... yards were under efficient management , the great majority of the new yards which were built during the war were owned and managed by men who were not familiar with the technical problems of shipbuilding and these yards were managed on ...
Page 149
... yards which were on the whole hastily and poorly constructed and managed by men not familiar with the industry . To do this it was compelled to increase its labor force almost tenfold within sixteen months which in the face of a labor ...
... yards which were on the whole hastily and poorly constructed and managed by men not familiar with the industry . To do this it was compelled to increase its labor force almost tenfold within sixteen months which in the face of a labor ...
Page 150
... yards and it was felt that unless some agreement was reached the shipbuilding program would be balked by reason of strikes and labor disputes . After preliminary negotiations the memorandum creating the Ship- building Labor Adjustment ...
... yards and it was felt that unless some agreement was reached the shipbuilding program would be balked by reason of strikes and labor disputes . After preliminary negotiations the memorandum creating the Ship- building Labor Adjustment ...
Page 151
... yards were under discussion and the other when wood - ship yards were con- sidered . In addition local employers and employees were each to be entitled to a seat on the Board . In settling disputes in any plant , the Board was to ...
... yards were under discussion and the other when wood - ship yards were con- sidered . In addition local employers and employees were each to be entitled to a seat on the Board . In settling disputes in any plant , the Board was to ...
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