United States. College and University Courses on War Economics, 1942

 

This post is limited to the economics courses reported in a survey conducted in the days and months after the attack on Pearl Harbor that provides an extensive list of “War Courses” offered at U.S. colleges and universities at the time. The post begins with a short description of the survey itself. Next, two tables provide the names of institutions, courses (with descriptions), and instructors together with enrollment statistics. The post ends with a short bibliography of books listed for some of the courses on war economics.

Most of the courses in the survey (and not included here) concern administrative matters such as the procedures governing military procurement. There is at least one course on the economics of war that had been organized at Harvard by Seymour Harris not included in this survey (68 schools did not respond).

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Not included in the survey

Harvard University. Economic Aspects of War, organized by Seymour Harris, 1940

Final Exam for Economic Aspects of War, 1940

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How the Study was was Made
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In April, 1942, a study was issued entitled A Report on War Courses offered by Collegiate Schools of Business and Departments of Economics. In this study were presented the combined information sent in by 58 schools and departments listing 196 separate courses. The Department of Commerce in cooperation with the National Conference of State University Schools of Business had distributed these questionnaires to approximately 175 schools on December 11, 1941. The questionnaires called for information on war courses offered after September, 1939.

In May another questionnaire was sent out to approximately the same number of schools of business administration and departments of economics. This questionnaire asked the school to list those war courses which were not reported for inclusion in the April report. Replies were received from 120 schools, 89 of which reported that they were offering war courses not previously reported, and 31 of which reported that they were offering no war courses. Sixty-eight schools did not reply.

Since the questionnaire asked the schools to “include established courses such as Business Policy and Cost Accounting provided they have been reoriented to meet war needs”, the element of judgment enters in to qualify the results. Some schools reported that they had organized no new courses but had reorganized old ones to meet war needs. They felt, however, that the alteration was not great enough to warrant reporting them as war courses. Other schools reported courses which contained in their description very little of a war nature. Courses which it was felt were not primarily war courses were not included in the report. In addition, courses were excluded which it was felt did not fall clearly into the field of business administration and economics.

Any further information which is desired on any of the courses reported here can be secured by writing to the instructor of the particular course. His name appears along with the description of the course.

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War Courses Offered in Collegiate Schools of Business and Departments of Economics

Economics of War

SCHOOL	COURSE TITLE	WEEKS OF COURSE	HOURS PER WEEK	CREDIT HOURS	ON CAMPUS	SEC-TIONS	STU- DENTS	PREREQ-UISITES*
U. of Akron, Akron, Ohio.	Economics of War	16	2	2	No	1	15	2C
Albright Col., Reading, Pa.	Economic Problems	16	3	3	Yes	1	18	2C
U. of Ariz., School of Bus. & Pub. Admin. Tucson, Ariz.	Economics of War	18	3	3	Yes	1	17	2C
U. of Ariz., School of Bus. & Pub. Admin. Tucson, Ariz.	Geography of War Areas	18	3	3	Yes	—	—	—
Babson Inst., School of Bus. Admin., Wellesley, Mass.	War Economics	12	3	0	Yes	2	40	C
Brooklyn Col., Brooklyn, N.Y.	Econ. of Defense & War	16	3	3	Yes	2	34	2C
Brown U., Dept. of Econ., Providence, R.I.	Economics of War	30	3	6	Yes	1	45	2C
Bucknell U., Dept. of Commerce & Finance, Lewisburg, Pa.	Econ. of Modern War	6	6 ½	3	Yes	1	20	2C
Carleton Col., Dept. of Econ., Northfield, Minn.	Economics of War	18	3	3	Yes	1	—	2C
City College of N.Y., Commerce Center, New York, N.Y.	Price Control Reguls.	6	6	3	Yes	1	39	—
U. of Cincinnati, Col. of Engin. & Commerce, Cincinnati, Ohio.	Economics of War	14	3	3	Yes	2	60	—
U. of Cincinnati, Col. of Engin. & Commerce, Cincinnati, Ohio.	Probs. of War and Reconstruction	14	3	3	Yes	2	60	—
Claremont Col., Claremont, Cal.	America at War: Econ. Org.	6	10	5	Yes	—	—	4
Claremont Col., Claremont, Cal.	War and Economics	15	3	5	Yes	—	—	4
Clark U., Worcester, Mass.	Economics of War	6	5	2	Yes	1	—	2C
Clemson Col., Clemson, S.C.	Economics of War	16	3	3	Yes	1	32	2C
Dartmouth Col., Tech. School of Bus. Admin. Hanover, N.H.	Econ. Prob. of War	13	3	3	Yes	3	100	3C
U. of Detroit, Col. Of Commerce & Fin., Detroit, Mich.	Economics of War	17	3	3	Yes	1	49	2
U. of Detroit, Col. Of Commerce & Fin., Detroit, Mich.	War Finance	6	7	3	Yes	1	—	2
Duke U., Durham, N.C.	Economics of War	18	3	3	Yes	2	55	3
Fenn Col., School of Bus. Admin., Cleveland, Ohio.	Economics of Price Control	10	2	2	Yes	1	—	2C
U. of Fla., Col. of Bus. Admin. Gainesville, Fla.	Economics of Total War	3	3	3	—	—	—	—
Franklin & Marshall Col., Lancaster, Pa.	Econ. History of U.S.	15	3	3	Yes	5	125	—
Franklin & Marshall Col., Lancaster, Pa.	War Economics	15	3	3	Yes	4	110	C
U. of Ga., Athens, Ga.	Advanced Econ. Theory	8	5	5	Yes	1	8	3C
U. of Ga., Athens, Ga.	Economics of War	8	5	5	Yes	2	66	2C
U. of Ga., Col. of Bus. Admin., Athens, Ga.	Econ. of Consumption	12	5	5	Yes	2	40	3C
Hamline U., St. Paul, Minn.	Prins. of Economics	8	3	3	Yes	2	62	1
Harvard Grad. School of Bus. Admin., Boston, Mass.	Banking Probs. and Federal Fin.	16	3	3	Yes	—	—	C
James Millikin U., Decatur, Ill.	Econ. of War and Reconstruction	16	3	3	No	1	24	2C
Loyola U., Dept. of Econ., New Orleans, La.	Economics of War	16	3	3	Yes	1	25	2
Macalester Col., St. Paul, Minn.	Econ Probs. of a War Economy	18	3	3	Yes	—	—	2C
U. of Md., Col. of Commerce, College Park, Md.	Econ. Institutions & War	16	3	3	Yes	—	—	2
Mass. Inst. of Technology, Dept. of Econ. & Soc. Sci., Cambridge, Mass.	Economics of War	15	2	6	Yes	1	35	—
Mass. Inst. of Technology, Dept. of Econ. & Soc. Sci., Cambridge, Mass.	Postwar Econ. Probs.	15	2	6	Yes	—	—	—
Mass. Inst. of Technology, Dept. of Econ. & Soc. Sci., Cambridge, Mass.	Postwar Problems	15	3	9	Yes	—	—	3C
U. of Minn., School of Bus. Admin., Minneapolis, Minn.	Finance	11	3	3	Yes	1	11	3C
U. of Minn., School of Bus. Admin., Minneapolis, Minn.	Our Economic Life	11	3	3	Yes	1	125	—
U. of Minn., School of Bus. Admin., Minneapolis, Minn.	Public Finance	22	3	6	Yes	1	15	4C
Mont. State U., School of Bus. Admin., Missoula, Mont.	War Economics	10	4	4	Yes	1	—	2C
N. Dak. Agri. Col., Dept. of Econ., Fargo, N.D.	War Economics	16	3	3	Yes	1	25	2C
U. of N. Dak., School of Com., Grand Forks, N.D.	Economics of War	8	5	3	Yes	1	21	2C
Okla, A&M, Col., School of Com., Stillwater, Okla.	War and Post-War Econ. Problems	18	3	3	Yes	—	—	3C
U. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.	War Economics	18	2	2	Yes	2	65	2C
Pomona Col., Claremont, Cal.	Econ. of War & Defense	6	5	3	Yes	1	19	2C
St. John’s U., Collegeville, Minn.	Economics of War	18	3	3	Yes	1	20	2C
U. of S. Dak., School of Bus. Admin., Vermillion, S.D.	Economics of War	18	3	3	Yes	1	25	2C
U. of S. Dak., School of Bus. Admin., Vermillion, S.D.	Money & Banking & War Finance	18	3	3	Yes	—	—	2C
Stanford U., Dept. of Econ., Stanford U., Cal.	American Economy in Wartime	10	5	5	Yes	2	89	2C
Stanford U., Dept. of Econ., Stanford U., Cal.	War Effort	10	4	3	Yes	—	—	—
Stout Inst., Menomonie, Wisc.	War Economics	6	5	5	Yes	1	—	2C
Susquehanna U., Selinsgrove, Pa.	Amer. Probs. in World Relationships	32	2	2	Yes	1	27	1
Temple U., Philadelphia, Pa.	Economic Planning	15	3	3	Yes	1	25	2C
Temple U., Philadelphia, Pa.	Internat. Trade & Commerce	15	3	3	Yes	1	30	2
Transylvania Col., Econ. & Sociology Dept., Lexington, Ky.	Economics of War	18	3	3	Yes	1	18	3C
Villanova Col., Villanova, Pa.	Probs. of Peace After the War	6	5	2	Yes	—	—	—
U. of Va., Charlottesville, Va.	Economics of War	36	3	6	Yes	1	—	2C
U. of Va., Charlottesville, Va.	Prins. of Economics	12	3	2	Yes	2	180	1
State Col. of Wash., School of Bus. Admin., Pullman, Wash.	Econ. & Bus. Tendencies	18	3	3	Yes	1	—	3C
U. of Wash., Col. of Econ. & Bus., Seattle, Wash.	Econ. of Natl. Defense	12	5	5	Yes	1	94	2
U. of Wash., Col. of Econ. & Bus., Seattle, Wash.	World at War	12	5	5	Yes	1	—	—
Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, Ohio.	Econ. of Natl. Defense	16	4	3	Yes	1	—	2C
Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, Ohio.	Econ. of War and Reconstruction	15	1 ¾	2	Yes	1	27	2 or E

*Prerequisites:

Numerals—years of college which must have been completed
C—certain courses in the same or allied subjects
E—experience in the field

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Instructors and course descriptions

SCHOOL	COURSE TITLE	INSTRUCTOR AND COURSE DESCRIPTION
U. of Akron, Akron, Ohio.	Economics of War	Jay L. O’Hara. Economic causes of war; transition from peace to war economy, fiscal and monetary problems of war economy; price control, rationing and priorities.
Albright Col., Reading, Pa.	Economic Problems	John C. Evans. Text supplemented by lectures, readings in economic theory for purposes of orienting the student, and current reading in the better newspapers and periodicals for correlation of current opinions.
U. of Ariz., School of Bus. & Pub. Admin. Tucson, Ariz.	Economics of War	E. G. Wood. An analysis of those economic factors which determine modern war; man power and materials, methods for their mobilization.
U. of Ariz., School of Bus. & Pub. Admin. Tucson, Ariz.	Geography of War Areas	G. Herrech. A course dealing with climatic, topographical and economic factors in war areas. Population characteristics and pertinent matters of history and government will be included, as well as a discussion of the military characteristics of the geographic background. Text material will be newspapers and magazines, and reference work in the library.
Babson Inst., School of Bus. Admin., Wellesley, Mass.	War Economics	James M. Matthews. Introductory analysis of economic causes of war, the economics of the war process, the post-war economic adjustment, war production, labor, wages, finance, prices, consumer control, railroads, electric power, housing, agriculture.
Brooklyn Col., Brooklyn, N.Y.	Econ. of Defense & War	Curwen Stoddart – The economic problems of defense in modern times; the expenditures by countries for armament and defense purposes since 1914 and the economic policies pursued in financing these expenditures. The functioning of the economy under war time controls, including the regulation of prices, production, consumption and finance, the repercussions of war upon neutral countries and the consequences of peace; with special attention to the immediate problems resulting from demobilization of war-time resources.
Brown U., Dept. of Econ., Providence, R.I.	Economics of War	Antonin Basch. Economic mobilization for war. Government controls over production, consumption, foreign trade, prices and wages through monetary policy, fiscal policy, price control, priorities, rationing and foreign exchange control. Economic warfare. Lessons of the first World War. Problems of post-war reconstruction.
Bucknell U., Dept. of Commerce & Finance, Lewisburg, Pa.	Econ. of Modern War	Rudolph Peterson. Problems created by the war in the field of production, distribution, finance, and prices and methods of meeting them.
Carleton Col., Dept. of Econ., Northfield, Minn.	Economics of War	D.A Brown [no course description]
U. of Cincinnati, Col. of Engin. & Commerce, Cincinnati, Ohio.	Economics of War	H.B. Whaling. Inflation and price controls. Fiscal and tax problems, function of the banking system in the war economy, rationing, devices for saving, conversion of peacetime to wartime economy, impact of war economic policies on post war economy.
U. of Cincinnati, Col. of Engin. & Commerce, Cincinnati, Ohio.	Probs. of War and Reconstruction	R.R. McGrane. How the war came to Europe. Problems of financing the war, mobilization of industrial resources, mobilization of public opinion. Problems of peace; what kind of peace does the U.S. want, what will be the position of the U.S. in the new world order?
City Col. of N.Y., Commerce Center, New York, N.Y.	Price Control Regulations	Henry Bund, Joseph Friedlander, Percy J. Greenberg. This laboratory and clinic course to be given by prominent authorities will provide up-to-the minute information and analysis of rulings and interpretations of orders of the Office of Price Administration. The lecturers will concern themselves with the purpose and provisions of the various regulations; individual groups of manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers will receive instruction in the computation of price ceilings for various commodities and how to obtain relief from present regulations which are oppressive; a series of laboratory exercises will be required.
Claremont Col., Claremont, Cal.	America at War: Econ. Org.	Arthur G. Coons [no course description]
Claremont Col., Claremont, Cal.	War and Economics	Walter E. Sulzbach. Emphasis on international aspects of war and economic organization.
Clark U., Worcester, Mass.	Economics of War	S. J. Brandenburg. A descriptive study of public economic policy in relation to war: what economic mobilization for modern war means in terms of labor, resources, civilian and military economic preparation, finance, and private and government enterprise. A study of economic problems to be faced in post war reconstruction will form a final unit of the course.
Clemson Col., Clemson, S.C.	Economics of War	James E. Ward. We deal with the problems of financing a war, production problems, maladjustments caused by war, post-war aspects, etc.
Dartmouth Col., Tuck School of Bus. Admin. Hanover, N.H.	Econ. Prob. of War	George Walter Woodworth. The chief aim of this course is to develop an understanding of how the economic resources of a nation can be most effectively marshalled for total war. First requirements are seen, then the problems of mobilization and conversion of resources. Final section is devoted to post-war problems.
U. of Detroit, Col. Of Commerce & Fin., Detroit, Mich.	Economics of War	Bernard F. Landuyt. An analytical survey of the economic aspects of the preparation for and conduct of war, with particular reference to the participation of the United States in World War II. Attention given to both the armed conflict and the civilian scene.
U. of Detroit, Col. Of Commerce & Fin., Detroit, Mich.	War Finance	Bernard F. Landuyt. A survey of the major aspects of the problem of war finance, with especial reference to the current American problem. Emphasis will be placed on the nature and significance of the problem, the principles basic to its solution, and the effectuation of these principles.
Duke U., Durham, N.C.	Economics of War	Earl J. Hamilton and H. E. von Beckerath [no course description]
Fenn Col., School of Bus. Admin., Cleveland, Ohio.	Economics of Price Control	A. O. Berger. A study of price control in normal times by (a) competition and (b) regulation under monopoly conditions, such as utilities. Price control under conditions of war: the reasons for it, the determination of ceilings, the economic implications.
U. of Fla., Col. of Bus. Admin. Gainesville, Fla.	Economics of Total War	Walter J. Matherly [no course description]
Franklin & Marshall Col., Lancaster, Pa.	Econ. History of U.S.	Harold Fischer and Noel P. Laird. A study of the factors in the economic development of the United States, with special attention to these factors as they influenced America’s rise to the rank of a world power. A history of the evolution of the economic life of the American people. Emphasis on problems involved in our adjustments to a war economy.
Franklin & Marshall Col., Lancaster, Pa.	War Economics	Noel P. Laird. A careful analysis of such economic problems as agriculture, consumers’ needs, price, banking, public finance, labor, transportation, and unemployment. Special attention will be given to war economy with emphasis on priorities, rationing, and government control over production, distribution, consumption, finance and other economic activities. A survey of the economic problems created by the war.
U. of Ga., Athens, Ga.	Advanced Econ. Theory	E. C. Griffith. The course deals with monopolistic competition and the problems of government regulation of prices; special emphasis is given to specific industries such as the iron and steel industry. Special attention will be given in 1942 to government control of inflation, rationing, and antitrust policy in a period of war.
U. of Ga., Athens, Ga.	Economics of War	Robert T. Segrest. Economic problems and policies of nations in wartime. Post-war problems with special emphasis on the United States.
U. of Ga., Col. of Bus. Admin., Athens, Ga.	Econ. of Consumption	John W. Jenkins. National economy from the interests of the consumer, before the war, now and in the post-war world.
Hamline U., St. Paul, Minn.	Prins. of Economics	C. B. Kuhlmann. War economics is given as the last 8 weeks of the course in principles of economics.
Harvard Grad. School of Bus. Admin., Boston, Mass.	Banking Problems and Federal Finance	Ebersole and D.T. Smith. Financing of the Federal Treasury during the present war is the over-shadowing concern of business, finance, and banking. Current activities of the Treasury are studied in relation to fiscal policy, and bank operations. Indispensable background is covered in two parts: bank portfolios and bank relations, with emphasis upon government relations arising out of government lending corporations, financing Federal deficits by bond issues sold to banks or to the public, and central bank and money management policies of the Treasury and Federal Reserve system.
James Millikin U., Decatur, Ill.	Econ. of War and Reconstruction	M. E. Robinson. An analysis of the fundamental framework of the war economy. Problems of finance, population, prices, civilian production, and procurement as affected by war. Study of our efforts to convert and produce for war in contrast to those of other nations. Brief study of the economic structure and problems of a post-war economy. Much of the course will be devoted to a study of sources, propaganda, and war annals.
Loyola U., Dept. of Econ., New Orleans, La.	Economics of War	John Connor. Economic factors in war: strategic materials; man power; production and consumption controls; price regulations; financing; post-war problems, etc.
Macalester Col., St. Paul, Minn.	Econ Probs. of a War Economy	Forrest A. Young. Modern warfare and the economic system; economic warfare; critical and strategic raw materials; maximizing production; foreign trade and shipping; labor and wage policies; housing difficulties; priorities, allocations, rationing and demand controls; direct and indirect price control and bases of price fixing; fiscal policy and war financing; problems of postwar readjustment.
U. of Md., Col. of Commerce, College Park, Md.	Econ. Institutions & War	G. A. Costanzo. An analysis of the Economic causes and problems of war. Industrial mobilization; theory and techniques of price control; banking and credit control; war finance; international trade and foreign exchange controls; economic sanctions and autarchy; and the problems of readjustment in a post-war economy.
Mass. Inst. of Technology, Dept. of Econ. & Soc. Sci., Cambridge, Mass.	Economics of War	Ralph E. Freeman. A study of the economic changes resulting from the adjustment of industry to the demands of War, and the impact of these changes on business stability, standards of living and methods of social control.
Mass. Inst. of Technology, Dept. of Econ. & Soc. Sci., Cambridge, Mass.	Postwar Econ. Probs.	Richard M. Bissell. A study of the economic difficulties that are likely to arise after the war, and of policies that may be adopted to cope with them.
Mass. Inst. of Technology, Dept. of Econ. & Soc. Sci., Cambridge, Mass.	Postwar Problems	Richard M. Bissell. A study of the economic problems involved in maintaining national income and employment under the conditions that are likely to prevail after the war.
U. of Minn., School of Bus. Admin., Minneapolis, Minn.	Finance	J. Warren Stehman. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Commodity Credit Corporation, Federal Housing Administration Title VI, governmental financial policies to control prices, war finance and its effects upon business policy and upon investments. Probably fifty percent of the course dealt with financial material related directly to the war effort and fifty percent not so related.
U. of Minn., School of Bus. Admin., Minneapolis, Minn.	Our Economic Life	Helen G. Canoyer. Although the title of the course was not changed, due to an action of the advisory committee of General College, the committee did agree to a change in the emphasis of the course to war economics.
U. of Minn., School of Bus. Admin., Minneapolis, Minn.	Public Finance	Roy G. Blakey.  Each meeting was a discussion led by one of the members of the seminar. All were assigned certain basic readings and each was required to write a term paper or thesis on a phase of the subject selected by him in consultation with the instructor.
Mont. State U., School of Bus. Admin., Missoula, Mont.	War Economics	Roy J. W. Ely. The course is a study of the various factors that appear to lead to war; pre-war preparations; an analysis of war economy; and post-war adjustments.
N. Dak. Agri. Col., Dept. of Econ., Fargo, N.D.	War Economics	Paul E. Zerby.  Causes of war; economic means of warfare; economic problems and adjustments of post-war period; money and banking, public finance, labor, international economic policies, government and business.
U. of N. Dak., School of Com., Grand Forks, N.D.	Economics of War	S. Hagen. The course covers the steps by which a peace economy is transferred into a war economy. The controls instituted by the government to direct economic activity during the war period are studied and compared with peace time controls. Special attention is given to such topics as priorities, price-ceilings, war finance, labor management, lend-lease, and post-war problems.
Okla, A&M, Col., School of Com., Stillwater, Okla.	War and Post-War Econ. Problems	R. H. Baugh. An analysis of the impact of war on economic arrangements and processes; deals with such problems as the conversion of industry to war production, war-time labor issues, inflation, financing the war, rationing, conversion of war production to peace-time production, post-war employment, and international trade from the war.
U. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.	War Economics	M. K. McKay. Emphasis is given to the problems emerging in the transition from peace to war. Special consideration is directed to war production, the role of the consumer and the various regulatory measures introduced by the government. Finally, post-war problems were viewed.
Pomona Col., Claremont, Cal.	Econ. of War & Defense	Kenneth Duncan. The economic problems and policies of a nation at war. Attention, is given to the economic forces contributing to war and to the strategy of international markets, materials, and shipping. The shift to a war economy and the war-time control over production, labor, prices, and consumer demand. War finance and inflation. Problems of demobilization and post-war economic planning.
St. John’s U., Collegeville, Minn.	Economics of War	Linus Schieffer. This course is designed to examine the repercussions upon the economy of the nation of a total war effort such as modern war entails. It investigates the problem of conversion of plant and resources, the dangers of inflation, the influence of strategic materials. It likewise spends some time discussing the postwar consequences of such a wholesale conversion of the national economy.
U. of S. Dak., School of Bus. Admin., Vermillion, S.D.	Economics of War	Claude J. Whitlow. Economic causes of war; nature of total war; man-power regulation and total war; war effort in real terms; price system under impact of war; labor problems in war time; war-time control of production and consumption; public finance and war; international relations during and after a period of war; post-war economic problems.
U. of S. Dak., School of Bus. Admin., Vermillion, S.D.	Money & Banking & War Finance	E. S. Sparks [no course description]
Stanford U., Dept. of Econ., Stanford U., Cal.	American Economy in Wartime	B. F. Haley, K. Brandt, W. S. Hopkins. War economics of raw materials, labor resources and policy in the war economy; transportation in World Wars I and II; business organization and policy; controls in the war economy, international aspects of the war effort; consumption and living standards in the war economy.
Stanford U., Dept. of Econ., Stanford U., Cal	War Effort	Staff. Lectures in all phases of the national war effort.
Stout Inst., Menomonie, Wisc.	War Economics	A. Stephen Stephan. The change from peace-time to war-time economy and the problems involved. The war and its effect on industry and consumers. Problems of war production, financing the war, price control, economic regulations and civilian morale.
Susquehanna U., Selinsgrove, Pa.	Amer. Probs. in World Relationships	W. A. Russ, H. A. Heath. A survey of the problems confronting the United States in her present day relationships with Europe, the Far East, and Latin America. These problems will be discussed, from the standpoint of relationships in economics, science, history and government. The second semester surveyed the economic relationships of war.
Temple U., Philadelphia, Pa.	Economic Planning	Russell H. Mack. Examination of the chief problems of production, pricing, and distribution arising under capitalism and planned economy. Special emphasis on the problems and techniques of war-time price control and rationing.
Temple U., Philadelphia, Pa.	Internat. Trade & Commerce	Grover A. J. Noetzel. The fundamental principles of international commerce. Special emphasis throughout upon the disorganizing effects of the present war upon world commerce. Proposed plans of reconstruction of post-war trade.
Transylvania Col., Econ. & Sociology Dept., Lexington, Ky.	Economics of War	W. Scott Hall. Background of nature and causes of war, economic factors in the causation, preparation for, and waging of war, economic effects of war. Emphasis on term paper.
Villanova Col., Villanova, Pa.	Probs. of Peace After the War	Edward J. McCarthy. An historical survey of the various efforts to organize states for economic and political purposes. Religious, social, economic and political problems facing nations at war are considered together with the several plans for post-war organization now being offered.
U. of Va., Charlottesville, Va.	Economics of War	David McC. Wright. Production for war, labor supply, price control, war finance, changes in the structure of the economy, post-war reconstruction, etc.
U. of Va., Charlottesville, Va.	Prins. of Economics	Tipton R. Snavely, D. Clark Hyde [no course description]
State Col. of Wash., School of Bus. Admin., Pullman, Wash.	Econ. & Bus. Tendencies	[No instructor named] Basic tendencies, in economic and business ideas and institutions. The effect of the war on economic change and the environment of business enterprise. The objectives and policies of government. Problems of post-war institutional adjustments.
U. of Wash., Col. of Econ. & Bus., Seattle, Wash.	Econ. of Natl. Defense	Harold G. Moulton and Howard H. Preston. Analysis of the problems arising from our national defense program, including organization of production, procurement of materials, financing industrial expansion, monetary issues, price control methods, labor relations, international exchange, fiscal policy of the government.
U. of Wash., Col. of Econ. & Bus., Seattle, Wash.	World at War	Staff. Factual information on the background of the present war, the ideological conflict; the fundamentals of military and naval strategy, economics and war, and the essentials of planning for peace.
Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, Ohio.	Econ. of Natl. Defense	Russell Weisman. The problems of industrial mobilization. Priorities, allocations, and price control. Methods of financing – taxation, public borrowing, fiat money and credit. Economic policies of the leading nations in World War I and II.
Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, Ohio.	Econ. of War and Reconstruction	Warren A. Roberts. An analysis of the steps involved in the conversion to war effort, and the effects upon business. An examination of the economic program of Germany and England and a comparison of policies of labor representation, of personnel conversion from normal occupations, of stages of development of war finance, and of uses of compulsory loans. A brief consideration of post-war problems.

 

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Bibliography
Texts used in War Courses Offered by Collegiate Schools of Business and Departments of Economics

ECONOMICS OF WAR

Atkins, W. E. (Editor). Economic Behavior. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1931, 1079 p., $8.50.

Backman, Jules. Wartime Price Control and the Retail Trade. National Retail Dry Goods Association, New York, 1910, 48 p., $.10.

Baruch, Bernard M. American Industry in the War. Prentice-Hall, Inc. New York, 1941498 p., $3.75.

Boulding, Kenneth Ewart. Economic Analysis. Harper and Bros., New York, 1941, 809 p., $4.25.

Brown University Economists, A. C. Neal (Editor). Introduction to War Economics. Richard D. Irwin, Inc., Chicago, 1942, $1.25.

Burnham, James. Managerial Revolution. John Day Company, Inc., New York, 1941, 285 p., $2.50.

Chamberlin, Edward. Theory of Monopolistic Competition. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1938, 241 p., $2.50.

Condliffe, John Bell. The Reconstruction of World Trade; A Survey of Industrial Economic Relations. W. W. Norton, Inc., New York, 1940, 427 p., $3.75.

Fairchild, F. R.; Furniss, E. S. and Buck, N. S. Economics. Macmillan Co., New York, 1940, 828 p., $3.00.

Faulkner, Harold Underwood. Economic History of the United States. Macmillan Co., New York, 1937, 319 p., $.80.

Fraser, Cecil E. and Teele, Stanley F. Industry Goes to War; Readings on American Industrial Rearmament. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1941, 123 p., $1.50.

Hardy, C. O. Wartime Control of Prices. Brookings Institution, Washington, D. C., 1940, 216 p., $1.00.

Harris, Seymour E. Economics of American Defense. W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., New York, 1941, 350 p., $3.50.

Lorwin, Louis L. Economic Consequences of Second World War. Random House, New York, 1941, 510 p., $3.00.

Meade, J. E.; and Hitch, C. J. Introduction to Economic Analysis and Policy. Oxford University Press, New York, 1938, 428 p., $2.50. Mendershausen, Horst. Economics of War. Prentice-Hall, Inc., New York, 1940, 314 p., $2.75.

Nelson, Saul and Keim, Walter G. Price Behavior and Business Policy (T.N.E.C. Monograph No. 1) U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1940, 419 p., $.45.

Pigou, A. C. The Political Economy of War. MacMillan and Company, London, 1921, 251 p., $3.25.

Robbins, Lionel Charles. Economic Causes of War. Macmillan Co., New York, 1939, 124 p., $1.35.

Robinson, Joan. The Economics of Imperfect Competition. Macmillan and Co., London, 1934, 352 p., $4.50.

Spiegel, Henry William. Economics of Total War. D. Appleton-Century Co., New York, 1942, 410 p., $3.00.

Stein, Emanuel and Backman, Jules. War Economics. Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., New York, 1942, 501 p., $3.00.

Steiner, George A. and Associates. Economic Problems of War. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1942, 676 p., $3.50.

Steiner, W. H. Economics of War. Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., New York, 1942, 250 p., $3.00.

Vaile, Roland Snow; and Canoyer, Helen G. Income and Consumption. H. Holt and Co., New York, 1938, 394 p., $2.25.

Waller, Willard Walter (Editor). War in the Twentieth Century. Random House, Inc., New York, 1940, 572 p., $3.00.

Zimmermann, Erich W. World Resources and Industries; A Functional Appraisal of the Availability of Agricultural and Industrial Resources. Harper and Bros., New York, 1934, 842 p., $4.00.

 

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Supplementary Report on War Courses offered by Collegiate Schools of Business and Departments of Economics. Washington, D.C.: August 1942. Pages 11-13, 20-25, 45-89, 94-96.

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