Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures xv
4. List of Tables xix
5. Preface xxi
6. PART ONE: Overview
7. CHAPTER 1. The Waste of the Business Cycle 3
8. CHAPTER 2. Measuring the Business Cycle 7
9. CHAPTER 3. History of the Business Cycle 23
10. CHAPTER 4. Endogenous and Exogenous Cycle Theories 50
11. PART TWO: The Basic Model—Demand and Supply over the Cycle
12. CHAPTER 5. Consumption 83
13. CHAPTER 6. Investment: The Profit Hypothesis 110
14. CHAPTER 7. The Multiplier-Accelerator Model 138
15. CHAPTER 8. Income Distribution: The Utilization-Unemployment Hypothesis 157
16. CHAPTER 9. Demand-Side Theories: The Underconsumption Hypothesis 191
17. CHAPTER 10. Cost of Plant, Equipment, and Raw Materials 208
18. CHAPTER 11. Overinvestment and Reserve Army Theories of the Business Cycle: A Walk on the Supply Side 215
19. CHAPTER 12. Profits and Profit Rates 232
20. CHAPTER 13. Profit Squeeze (or Nutcracker) Theory of the Cycle: A Production-Realization Hypothesis 248
21. PART THREE: More Realistic Approximations
22. CHAPTER 14. Credit and Financial Crises 269
23. CHAPTER 15. Monopoly Power and Business Cycles 295
24. CHAPTER 16. The International Economy and Business Cycles 317
25. CHAPTER 17. Government Fiscal Behavior and the Business Cycle 339
26. PART FOUR: Policy
27. CHAPTER 18. Can Reform Policies Lessen the Business Cycle under Capitalism? 363
28. CHAPTER 19. Can the Business Cycle Be Eliminated? 386
29. Appendixes 393
30. References 417
31. Index 433