NRA ECONOMIC PLANNING

by
CHARLES FREDERICK ROOS, PH.D.
Director of Research, Cowles Commission for Research in Economics,
Formerly Director of Research, National Recovery Administration
Cowles Commission for Research in Economics
The Principia Press, Inc.
Bloomington, Indiana
1937
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Forward  [ ErrataPreliminary pages ]
Chapter  Page 
The Evolution of the NRA Idea
II  The Creation of the NRA 36 
III  Personnel and Administration 55 
IV  The Evolution of General Policy 83 
Hours of Work 101 
VI  The Compulsory Shorter Work Week 122 
VII  Wage Changes and Distributions 154 
VIII  Collective Bargaining 195 
IX  Cost and Cost Formulas of Codes 234 
Open Prices and Terms of Sale 277 
XI  Some Price Experiments of the NRA 305 
XII  Fair Trade Practices and Monopoly 343 
XIII  Problems of the Small Business Man 374 
XIV  Planning for Increased Purchasing Power 417 
XV  Further Evaluations 446 

APPENDIXES

The President's Industrial Recovery Bill and the National Industrial Act 477 
II  The Cotton Textile Code 512 
III  Pre-NRA Memoranda of Alexander Sachs Regarding the National Industrial Recovery Act 520 
IV  List of Approved Codes as of April 5, 1935 537 
Typical Code Provisions for Adjusting Wages above Minimum 557 
VI  Supplementary Notes on the Determination of Lowest Reasonable Cost 559 
VII  Summary Taken from the Mitchell-Whiteside Report on the Price Hearing in January, 1934 561 
VIII  Unanimous Decision of the Supreme Court Invalidating the NIRA 563 

INDEXES

Index of Names 583 
General Index 586