Presents a paper by Lauchlin Currie on the stabilization of purchasing power through the use of public credit which was originally delivered at the American Economic Association Meeting at Chicago Distribution of Purchasing Power and Business Fluctuations Round Table on December 30, 1936.

Presents Lauchlin Currie' views on the monetary aspects of the excess reserves problem which he gave at a board meeting on May 18, 1936.

Presents Lauchlin Currie's views on public spending as a means to recovery which originally appeared in a memorandum of April 6, 1936.

Looks at the excess reserves of 1937 in the USA, which were well over $2 billion. Discusses what criterion can be used to determine the adequacy or excessiveness of the volume of money and what the prospects would be for further expansion if no action were taken. Concludes that on balance,...

Presents a speech delivered by Lauchlin Currie in April 12, 1935 in Philadelphia on the objectives of the Banking Bill of 1935

Discusses, in a speech given by Lauchlin Currie at the Chicago Forum of the American Institute of Banking on February 24, 1938, behavior of deposits from the viewpoint of an individual banker. Looks at some of the functions and peculiar characteristics of banking which are mainly associated with...

Examines the economic distribution of demand deposits during 1935 in the USA. Concludes that data on the distribution of money permit a significant advance in the understanding of the factors reflected in changes in income velocity.

Presents an address made by Lauchlin Currie before the Illinois Banking Association in Springfield, Illinois in May 1938. The paper discusses aspects of business and banking developments in 1936 and 1937. Concludes that the developments of 1936 led on the developments of 1937, which in turn are...

Presents an extract from Lauchlin Currie's memoirs, explaining his time at Harvard University.

Examines, in a paper written in 1938 by Lauchlin Currie, the banking and monetary system of the USA. Presents the 100 percent reserve plan, its claimed advantages and the objections to it. Concludes that a basic reform in the nature of the 100 percent reserve plan is inevitable.