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  • Blue Sky Legislation in Theory and Practice 
    Hoeber, Ralph C. (University of Oregon, 1923-06-11)
    There are at least three theories of the origin of the term “blue sky” movement. One theory holds that the movement was so christened because it “designed to clear away the clouds and fogs from the simple investor’s horizon”; ...
  • A Balanced Tax Program for Oregon 
    Rude, Charles H. (University of Oregon, 1935-08)
    The writer believes that it will be conceded by all who study Oregon's tax history that at no time has a real concerted and whole-hearted attempt been made to unify the state's fiscal system. We have had committees, ...
  • A Comparison of Medieval and Modern Price Fixing 
    Greer, Virginia Leonard (University of Oregon, 1935-09)
    History should not be regarded as the “dry bones closed quote of the past, unreal, and of no significance for the present. Governments in the past have faced serious economic crises, unemployment, agricultural discontent, ...
  • The Financial Aspects of Agriculture 
    Maxwell, James E. (University of Oregon, 1937-05)
    Any study of agriculture is a complete course in economics, politics and sociology. Agriculture is not only a means of securing a livelihood but also a way of living. There area few places where this combination is more ...
  • Tariff Trends and a Case for Reciprocity 
    Clark, Dan E. (University of Oregon, 1937-05-12)
    If free trade is the tonic of my historical harmonic on tariff trends, their causes and effects, it is only because the authorities I quote and the experts upon whose economic writings I have drawn have favored in varying ...
  • The Organization and Management of Producers Cooperative Marketing Associations in Oregon 
    Sebastian, Luciano L. (University of Oregon, 1937-12)
    Cooperation is concerned with human loyalties, is rooted deep in economic activity, and has an object underlain by a theory and a set of principles. Thousands of people have organized economic cooperation; its ideal, its ...
  • The Oregon System of Rehabilitation with a Survey for Additional Placements of Crippled and Disabled 
    Learned, Frank Marsh (University of Oregon, 1938-03)
    During the last few years, the people of the United States have experienced great social changes, extreme political upheaval, and serious economic maladjustments, which have been the cause and effect of constantly shifting ...
  • A History of the Consumer’s Co-Operatives in Oregon Prior to 1900 
    Masterson, Iver Willis (University of Oregon, 1938-06)
    A History of the Consumer’s Co-Operatives in Oregon Prior to 1900 The pioneer farmer often spent the year "working long hours and enduring many hardships and deprivations, only to find himself just a little farther in ...
  • A Survey of the Maldistribution of the World’s Gold Stocks, and a Study of the Possible Causes and Effects Thereof 
    Walker, Esther Christensen (University of Oregon, 1938-06)
    Ricardo, father of the orthodox theory of the gold, standard, asserts; "Gold and silver having been chosen for the general medium of circulation, they are by the competition of commerce distributed in such proportions amongst ...
  • The Economic Effects of the Progressive Income and Inheritance Taxes 
    Tyson, Alfred S. (University of Oregon, 1939-06)
    The scope of the present study has necessarily been limited, so it was thought advisable to study the present income tax laws, with special attention to the federal personal income tax law with its highly graduated rates. ...
  • Milk Regulation with Special Reference to its Public Utility Status 
    Goss, James Keefe (University of Oregon, 1939-06)
    Notwithstanding a clear statement to the contrary by the United States Supreme Court in the Nebbia case, production and distribution of fluid milk for human consumption is being considered more generally the subject of ...
  • Recent Developments in Government Price Fixing 
    King, Charles William (University of Oregon, 1939-06)
    While the thought by economic ills might be mollified by price fixing is by no means new, it has come into particular prominence during the Roosevelt administration. The N. R. A. It was the most ambitious and thoroughgoing ...
  • A Survey of the Effects of the Agricultural Revolution on the Agricultural Economic History of the Kansas Dust Bowl 
    Borden, Theron Francis (University of Oregon, 1940-06)
    The main purpose of this study is to determine whether or not the changes in agricultural technique and utilization of land in the Dust Bowl area have been, and are, practical from the standpoint of Economics, and, if ...
  • The Cross Purposes of Some of the Economic Policies of the Roosevelt Administration from 1933 to 1936 
    Winestone, Robert Louis (University of Oregon, 1942-06)
    With the Roosevelt Administration still a reality rather than an historical fact, it is with great difficulty that emotionalism can be avoided in an attempt to study it. The policies of this Administration have been ...
  • The Background of the Expropriation of Oil in Mexico 
    Tallman, J. Woodson (University of Oregon, 1942-06)
    Because it would be impossible in a thesis such as this to cover the entire story of expropriation in the detail necessary, this study places emphasis on presenting the all-important background. It is a story of the oil, ...
  • Twenty-Five Years of farm-Mortgage Finance in the United States with Special Reference to the State of Kansas 
    De Young, Wilbur (University of Oregon, 1943-06)
    Since the dawn of history land has been of primary importance as a source of livelihood for mankind. The history of the development and utilization of land serves well in describing the development of civilization itself. ...
  • The Federal Anti-Trust Laws Since 1932 
    Bruhn, Dorothy Alice (University of Oregon, 1946-06)
    At the outset it became evident that the roots of the Act are buried deep in ‘the sibylline leaves’ and the agitation which brought it into being in 1890 was but an echo of the distant cry which had been raised, in the ...
  • A History of Federal Reserve Policy, 1914—1946 
    Rhorer, Harry M., Jr (University of Oregon, 1950-06)
    A History of Federal Reserve Policy, 1914—1946 The purpose of this paper is to review the history of action taken by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System with regard to credit policies, and when there was ...
  • A Critique of the Different Methods of Handling the National Debt 
    Cordiner, Jane (University of Oregon, 1950-07)
    The total direct and guaranteed debt of the United States government stands at $256 billion. This large national liability poses problems to which the public expects its elected officials to find adequate answers. Will ...
  • Some Economic and Social Aspects of Union Privilege Under the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act 1935-45 
    Jones, George Fredrick (University of Oregon, 1951-06)
    The period 1935-45 was a significant one in the economic affairs of the United States. It saw the economy change from one of deep depression and uncertainty to one of unparalleled productivity, with the end of the decade ...

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