The National Recovery Administration: An Analysis and Appraisal

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• The Brookings Institution ii
• Title Page v
• Director's Preface vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Contents xiii
• Part I - The Underlying Law 1
• Chapter I - The Background of the Recovery Act 3
• Chapter II - Provisions of the Act 8
• Chapter III - Objectives of the Act 15
• Part II - Administrative Organization 27
• Chapter IV - Administrative Organization 29
• Chapter V - The Code-Making Process 83
• Chapter VI - The Code Structure 141
• Chapter VII - Agencies for Code Administration 162
• Chapter VIII - Code Administration 199
• Chapter IX - The Nra and Code Administration 259

• The Brookings Institution ii
• Title Page v
• Director's Preface vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Contents xiii
• Part I - The Underlying Law 1
• Chapter I - The Background of the Recovery Act 3
• Chapter II - Provisions of the Act 8
• Chapter III - Objectives of the Act 15
• Part II - Administrative Organization 27
• Chapter IV - Administrative Organization 29
• Chapter V - The Code-Making Process 83
• Chapter VI - The Code Structure 141
• Chapter VII - Agencies for Code Administration 162
• Chapter VIII - Code Administration 199
• Chapter IX - The Nra and Code Administration 259
• Chapter X - Summary and Conclusion 289
• Part III - The Wages and Hours Provisions of Codes 301
• Chapter XI - The Approach to Labor Provisions 303
• Chapter XII - Minimum Wage Provisions in the Codes 317
• Chapter XIII - Wages About the Minimum 343
• Chapter XIV - Hours Provisions 365
• Chapter XV - Continuing Issues 392
• Part IV - The Nra and Industrial Relations 411
• Chapter XVI - The Goal of "United Action" 413
• Chapter XVII - Collective Bargaining Under the Codes 425
• Chapter XVIII - Changes in the Position of Trade Unionism 488
• Chapter XIX - Summary and Outlook 527
• Part V - The NRA and the Trade Practice Problem 549
• Chapter XX - The Problem and Its Setting 551
• Chapter XXI - The NRA Attack on the Problem 560
• Chapter XXII - Range and Character of Regulations 568
• Chapter XXIII - Transfer of Power Over Prices 578
• Chapter XXIV - Transfer of Power Over Production and Production Capacity 623
• Chapter XXV - Transfer of Power Over Specialization 651
• Chapter XVII - The Plane of Competition and the Facilitation of Competition 670
• Chapter XXVII - Regulation of Indirect Pricing 685
• Chapter XXVIII - The Development of Criticism 705
• Chapter XXIX - Policy and Dilemma 716
• Chapter XXX - Conclusions 743
• Part VI - The NRA as A Recovery Measure 749
• Chapter XXXI - The Criteria of Recovery 751
• Chapter XXXII - The NRA Purchasing Power Theoryo 756
• Chapter XXXIII - Wage Rates and Prices Under the NRA 776
• Chapter XXXIV - Prices and Purchasing Power 796
• Chapter XXXV - The NRA and the Durable Goods Industries 817
• Chapter XXXVI - The NRA and Employment 830
• Chapter XXXVII - The NRA and Employee Income 845
• Chapter XXXVIII - The NRA and Property Income 860
• Chapter XXXIX - Conclusions 871
• Part VII - Concluding Observations 879
• Chapter XL - Concluding Observations 881
• Appendixes 887
• Index 935