Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Introduction to the Carleton Library Edition vi
4. Author’s Preface xiv
5. Introduction 1
6. Investment in the Wheat Economy 18
7. Investment in Transportation 38
8. Urban Building 54
9. Public Investment 80
10. Savings and Capital Flows 95
11. The Volume of Construction, 1896 to 1930 112
12. Investment in Machinery and Equipment 142
13. Investment in Inventories 162
14. Balance of International Payments, Current Transactions 171
15. Transportation, Housing, and Direct Government Investment; and Indexes of Building and Real Estate Activity 172
16. Appendix: Tables of the Estimates 197
17. Notes 230
18. Index 249