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Illinois, 235, 301, 346

Immigration, 205, 243, 250, 286, 319see also Hoover, immigration

India, 151

Indiana, 327

Industrial cartels, See Socialism

Inflation, 9, 11–12, 19, 23–24, 29, 43, 67–68, 71, 75, 86, 95, 97, 140, 148, 162–63, 240, 257, 262–63, 293, 309, 314–15, 329, 336

hyperinflation, 23, 131see alsoCredit; Federal Reserve System

Inflation of 1921–1929

causes, 96, 102, 108, 112, 117, 121, 134–35, 137, 145, 149, 153, 155–57, 159, 161–62, 167

price stabilization as cause, 144–51, 169–70

Installment credit, See Credit, installment

Institute on Gold and Monetary Stabilization, 313

Insurance, life, 90–91, 93, 114, 323

Interchurch World Movement, 201

Interest rate, 6, 13, 40, 61, 68, 85, 131, 133, 135, 138, 146, 153–54, 159, 303

loan rate, 10, 14

natural rate, 10, 13, 17–18, 32, 40

International Association for Labor Legislation, 179

International Association for Social Progress, 179

International Association on Unemployment, 179

International Chamber of Commerce, 308

International Congress on Social Policy, 179

International Labor Office, 179

Interstate Commerce Commission, 220, 298

Intervention by government, 9, 19, 22, 65, 86

Investment, 5, 9–12, 18, 20, 22, 30, 32, 37–39, 41, 60, 63, 66–71, 78, 93, 185, 253, 269, 315, 331

malinvestment, 13, 18–19, 35, 57, 60, 68, 162, 192, 248, 314, 322

Iowa, 223, 235–36, 323

Iron industry, 171

Ise, John, 266

Italy, 152