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Economics 34 will be given by Professor Ripley during the second half year...
Economics 34 will be given by Professor Ripley during the second half year...
Economics 34 will be given by Professor Ripley during the second half year...
...their owners ordered the Commission to prepare a nation-wide plan for consolidation. The carriers were then weak and shaky after Federal operation. It was argued that consolidation would link the strong with the weak, eliminate wasteful competition, put all roads on a profitable basis. Professor William Zebina Ripley of Harvard produced for the Commission a merger plan in 1921 which caused such dissension that it was quickly junked. Vainly the Commission wrestled with the Congressional order, made no apparent progress. Impatient at the delay, some roads (Nickel Plate, Baltimore & Ohio, Northern Pacific) brought in voluntary merger plans only...
...those who are interested in the ever present problems arising from the conflict between capital and labor, Economics 6a presents an admirable summary of the most vital issues. This course, given by Professor Ripley for many years, was taken over by Professor Persons of Boston University last year. The latter instructor, however, was called to Washington this fall to take up a government position as an expert on the question of unemployment, and to date no successor has been announced for the course...