B

Bacon–Davis Act, 268

Bailey, W.J., 156

Baker, Newton D., 174, 273, 290

Baker, Ray Stannard, 197

Balch, Emily Green, 251

Balderston, C. Canby, 311

Balfour, Arthur, 175

Ballantine, Arthur, 330

Bancroft, Hugh, 269–70

Bank credit, See Banking; Credit

Bank of International Settlements, 240, 258, 260

Bank of Belgium, 145

Bank of England, 144, 146, 150, 153, 155, 156, 162, 258–60

Bank of France, 144, 152, 154, 175, 258–59

Bank of Italy, 145, 152

Bank of Poland, 145

Banking

bank holidays, 325–28, 330

bank runs, 15, 21, 25, 55, 88, 97, 304, 325–26

demand deposits, 87–89, 91, 97–102, 113–16, 160, 258, 261, 302, 304–05, 324–27, 330

fractional-reserve banking, 15, 21, 24–25, 27, 34, 326, 329

“free” banking, 27

mortgages, 90, 276, 317

Panic of 1819, 325

Panic of 1837, 186

reserves, 21, 26, 97–98, 99–103, 105–08, 111–14, 123, 160, 214, 240, 261–62, 302, 305, 324

time deposits, 87–90, 97–102, 114–16, 160, 325

“wildcat” banking, 27see alsoCredit; Federal Reserve System

Banking School, 76–78

Bankruptcy laws, 187, 243, 274, 285–86, 318–19, 323

Barnes, Julius, 212, 229

Barnett, George E., 311

Barrett, William J., 335

Baruch, Bernard M., 197, 225, 227–28, 273, 279, 280, 296

Bassic, V. Lewis, 81

Baster, A.S.J., 130

Bault, William J., 264

Beard, Charles A., 278

Beard, Mary, 197

Beck, James M., 290

Beckhart, Benjamin Haggott, 139, 147, 156, 164, 180

Belgium, 152

Bellerby, J.R., 177, 179

Bendix, Vincent, 309

Benedict, Murray R., 218, 224, 234

Benes, Eduard, 175

Benham, Frederic, 51, 143

Berglund, Abraham, 139

Bernays, Edward, 247

Bernstein, Irving, 200, 213, 244, 246, 252–53, 264–65, 271, 300

Berridge, William A., 293

Bestor, Paul, 275

Beveridge, William, 143

Bills discounted, See Federal Reserve System

Bimetallism, See Silver

Black, Hugo, 243

Black, John D., 226

Blackett, Basil, 147, 151, 178

Bliven, Bruce, 251

Bockus, C.E., 284

Boden–Kredit Anstalt, 257

Böhm-Bawerk, Eugen von, 11, 37

Bonbright, James C., 265

Booms, See Inflation

Borchard, Edwin W., 292

Boulder Dam, See Dams

Bradley, Phillips, 265

Brand, Charles J., 225

Brandeis, Louis D., 189, 279

Breckenridge, Sophinisba P., 251

Bresciani-Turroni, Costantino, 23

Brewster, Ralph Owen, 197–98

Brissenden, Paul F., 251, 265, 292

Britain, See Great Britain

Brookbart, Smith, 247

Brown, Harry Gunnison, 22

Brown, J. Douglas, 264, 311

Brown, William Adams, Jr., 150–51, 251

Brownell, F.H., 243

Bruere, Henry, 266

Bryan, William Jennings, Jr., 308

Budge, Siegfried, 9

Budget, See Government

Burgess, W. Randolph, 151

Burlingham, C.C., 252

Burtness, B., 177, 309

Business cycles, 3–4, 7, 30, 33, 35–36, 47, 49–50, 58, 63–65, 67–68, 75, 85, 93, 195, 198

causes of, 6, 8, 55, 72, 80

recurrence of, 33see alsoDeflation, Depression, Inflation, Business cycles and economics

Business fluctuations, 4–8, 35, 61, 64, 72

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 175, 278–79

Butterworth, William, 210–11

Byrd, Richard E., 290