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An Introduction to National Income and Income Analysis

by Richard Ruggles. 354 pgs.

Contributors:

   Richard Ruggles

Publisher:

   McGraw-Hill Book Co

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1949

Subjects:

Income--United States

	Table of Contents
	Preface	v
	PART ONE. NATIONAL INCOME
	Chapter 1. National Income Accounts, Exchange, and Production Introduction. Production in a Modern Exchange Economy.	3
	Chapter 2. The Function of Accounts in the Productive Unit The Balance Sheet and the Income Statement. Transactions: Their Relation to Accounts. Summary.	13
	Appendix to Chapter 2. The Balance Sheet and the Income Statement The Balance Sheet. The Income Statement. Summary: Accounts as Tools of Analysis.	28
	Chapter 3. Production Statements for the Firm and the United States Economy The Production Statement for the Firm. The Production Statement for the Economy.	41
	Appendix to Chapter 3. Gross Product Calculations for Specific Types of Productive Units The Value Added and the Gross Product Approaches. Gross Product in Incorporated Enterprises Other Than Financial Institutions. Gross Product in Financial Institutions. Unincorporated Business Enterprises. Government Enterprises and Government Agencies. Households.	52
	Chapter 4. Net National Product, National Income, and Personal Income Net National Product. National Income. Personal Income. Summary.	67
	Appendix to Chapter 4. Income and Product Derived from a System of Sector Accounts The Use of Sector Accounts in the Economy. A System of Sector Accounts for the United States in 1946. Summary.	79
	Chapter 5. National Income Statistics for the United States, 1929 to 1947 National Income and Product Account, 1929 to 1941. The Personal Income Account, 1929 to 1947. National Income by Industrial Origin.	90
	Appendix to Chapter 5. Sources and Methods of Computation of National Income and Product Statistics Gross National Product by Expenditures. Gross National Product by Allocation. Summary.	104
	Chapter 6. National Income Accounting and the Structure of the Economy National Income Accounting as a Tool of Analysis. A System of Combined Accounts for the Economy. The Structure of the Economy. The Relation between the National Income and Product Account and the Input-Output Table. National Wealth.	126
	PART TWO. INCOME ANALYSIS
	Chapter 7. The Economic Setting of the Problem The Growth of the United States Economy, 1790 to 1947. Changes in the Level of Economic Activity, 1929 to 1947. The Meaning and Function of Income Analysis.	155
	Chapter 8. The United States Economy in Operation, 1929 to 1947 The United States Economy in the Twenties. The Descent into Depression: 1930 to 1932. The Gradual Recovery: 1933 to 1940. The Economy in World War II and the Postwar Period: 1941 to 1947. Summary.	176
	Chapter 9. The Basic Concepts of Income Analysis Changes in Total Expenditures, Prices, and Output in the Economy. The Level of Expenditures and Saving and Investment. The Processes of Saving and Investment in the Economy. Summary.	201
	Chapter 10. The Mechanism of Income Analysis The Determinants of Saving in the Economy. The Determinants of Investment in the Economy. Summary.	232
	Chapter 11. The Nature of Equilibrium and Full Employment Causes of Disequilibrium in the Economy. The Nature of Equilibrium in the Economy.	278
	Chapter 12. Economic Policy and the Level of Activity The Problem Involved. Economic Policy and the Level of Activity. Conclusions.	303
	Index	335

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