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Focuses on the dissolution of Standard Oil Co. in the U.S. Dissolution of the company in 1911 on paper only, bearing the seal of the U.S.; Claims that when dissolved the company controlled probably eighty percent of the business; Division of the Company; Importance of the geographical groups, which are the Eastern Group and the Midwestern group; Information about South Dakota, which is in the recognized territory of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana.

Focuses on developments related to economics and politics. Dow-Jones average of industrial stocks; Ratio of stock prices to yields; New York Stock Market paper values; Urgency of unemployment and unused plant capacity; Reasons for stock market decline; Attention given to Canadian elections; Clamor from labor leaders and advice from academic economists; Importance of stock market correction.

The article offers news briefs concerning issues in United States and world politics. The article expresses criticism towards Senator Robert A. Taft's Republican leadership in the Senate. The Soviet Union held election campaigns for deputies to the Supreme Soviets of the 16 Soviet Republics. The article reports that cigarette sales were up 20 percent over 1945 and 56.3 percent over prewar levels.

The article discusses the monopolies held by the retailer Wal-Mart and Amazon Inc., the electronic commerce firm that copied Wal-Mart's business model. Topics include the effect of Amazon's monopoly on publishers, the publishing industry, authors, and book quality; the effect of antitrust law and government activity on innovation, competition and the rise of new companies; and a discussion of the type of laws necessary to break Amazon's monopoly.

The article discusses events related to U.S. politics. Taped conversations between U.S. President Richard M. Nixon, White House counsel John Dean and chief domestic advisor John Ehrlichman regarding the break-in of the Watergate Hotel may be withheld by President Nixon. Representative Les Aspin has requested information on military aid shipments to South Vietnam. The U.S. Department of Labor reports high school graduates are experiencing increased unemployment.

Focuses on developments related to economics and world politics. Japanese Association of Tokyo's meeting to commemorate the outbreak of the China Incident; Pack between Russia and the United States to prevent war; Progress of the Dominican Republic.

This article presents world news briefs for the week of August 14, 1950. The money U.S. consumers spent on food during this year, and the Government's reaction to it, is discussed. The dissatisfaction of U.S. Congress for U.S. President Harry Truman's tax increase plan is discussed. The surplus of beef and other food items, and the Food and Agriculture Organization's reaction to it, is discussed.

The article discusses events related to U.S. politics. The author suggests an increase in spending for the war in Vietnam will detract funds from efforts to combat U.S. poverty. The U.S. National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts reports that state governments have contributed little to conservation water and soil sources. Soviet writers Andrei Sinyavsky and Yuli M. Daniel were arrested by Soviet authorities on charges they published books outside the Soviet Union.

This article offers world news briefs for the week of May 9, 1964. The civil rights efforts of the Chester Committee For Freedom Now, in Chester, Pennsylvania, are discussed. Battles between the U.S. Federal Power Commission and various facets of the U.S. gas industry, over gas prices, are discussed. The reaction of cigarette advertisers to the U.S. Surgeon General's warnings about the product is discussed.

The article presents news briefs for the week of January 4, 1964. The United States is reevaluating the way in which it makes decisions about granting foreign aid to various countries. The author continues a discussion from previous issues concerning U.S. presidential succession law should a president die or be removed from office. U.S. President Lyndon Johnson is said to be considering a 10 percent reduction in personnel in the federal government.

Discusses several political issues in the U.S. Fundamental difference in the economic behavior of the two U.S. parties; Criticisms on a Republican bill on income from William Green, Republican Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee; Allegations against a senator who have profited from land speculations.

Presents an update on recent political and social events in the U.S. and the world. Conditions in Europe after completion of five years of the First World War with Germany being curbed by France is on the verge of political and economic collapse; Tactics adopted by French Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré to escape from an awkward predicament of attending the conference to discuss the debt crisis in Europe with Great Britain and the U.S. by placing unacceptable conditions for his attendance; Reply to the questions on the closeness of nations placed by the New York World; Account of unaltered views of former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson on world politics; Comment on the recommendations by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew William Mellon.

The article discusses events related to U.S. politics. U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Leonid Brezhnev signed three agreements regarding nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. The U.S. House of Representatives failed to override President Nixon's veto of a bill to cut funding for military forces in Vietnam. A report by representative Les Aspin reveals civilian contractors are remaining in Vietnam to maintain equipment for South Vietnamese forces.

Focuses on economic problems in the U.S. with regards to her participation in the First World War with a solution. Reason why former U.S. President James Abram Garfield should not be wholly blamed or the economic breakdown of the U.S. Prime source of problem related to the economic breakdown of the country; Analysis of failures of the U.S. in view of the First World War and reasons herewith; Essence and way of establishment of a definite priority in the matters for winning the war; Objections in the way of achieving a priority in the matters; Possible consequences of carrying out the process of reorganization without a definite plan.

The article discusses various issues related to economics and politics. A law imposing heavy penalties for discrimination against African Americans has been passed in Pennsylvania. Trade unions are against the plan of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to pay work-relief project workers less wages than the going rates in the private sector. Governor Bibb Graves decided to veto the Alabama anti-sedition bill.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. "Mr. Nice Guy," which focused on the contribution of U.S. national security adviser Samuel Berger to foreign policy; "Unequalized," which focused on the reasons for an economic inequality between races; "School's Out," which focused on the history of home schooling.

Comments on the conflict of interests between the minority and majority in the Federal Trade Commission in the U.S. Duties in respect to unfair competition and the anti-trust laws charge to the Federal Trade Commission; Support of the majority to settlements by stipulation in the interest of economy; Opposition of the minority to the settlements by stipulation on the ground that they are unduly considerate of wrongdoers and not considerate enough of person bringing the charges of honest business men.

Presents an account of various political and economic developments in Europe and in the U.S. Update on political activities concerning the War Council bill with a tussle between U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and the U.S. Congress; Comment of one possible way of speeding up war preparations; Criticism of U.S. Senator George E. Chamberlain's War Council Bill for its shortcomings; Uncertainty associated with the seriousness of reported labor disturbances in Austria; Analysis of a split in Central European War unity.

Focuses on the need for trade policy in the United States. Pricing method of the government; Experiences of the businessmen who constitute the committees of the Council of National Defense and of the Advisory Commission of the Council of National Defense; Government's acquisition of goods at just prices; President Woodrow Wilson's speech on prices; Government pool method; Price Board reporting to the President; Course of certain primary commodities.

Focuses on developments related to politics and economics in the United States. Breakdown of the Geneva Conference; Good will between Mexico and the U.S.; Operation and safety of American submarines.

Focuses on the condition of inner city in the United States. Crisis situation experienced by the inner city in United States President Jimmy Carter's administration; View that the successful modern city is a place where the old, the minority young, the black, all the social and medical terminal cases, can be institutionalized at a relatively low cost; Impact of the present system of creating task forces, special commissions and blue-ribbon inquiries to suggest new, low-cost ineffectual programs probably on the inner city; View that given the present economics, the inner city and the extant welfare system is far, far cheaper than anything else one might propose.

Presents social and political conditions in the U.S. during World War II. Attention of the historic role and destiny of the American people; Talks about economy rather than about the conditions of victory; Competition with the British leadership in providing the sort of post-war security embodied in the Beveridge Report; Fact that reactionary governments dominate a post-war world; Appeal over the heads of a reactionary Congress for a post-war world; Prosecution of the war against the Axis powers.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues of the journal. Report on the war in Germany; Comments on the article "Hutchins and the Absolute," published in the February 3, 1941 issue of the journal; Information about the report "Consumer Incomes in the U.S." prepared by National Resources Committee; Comments on the article "The Battle of the Bible Belt," published in the March 10, 1941 issue of the journal.

Comments on the possibilities of technical progress in an era of capitalism in the U.S. Views of the optimists and pessimists about the possibilities; Subordination of the technical personnel to the business staff; Brilliance of the financial history of the United States Steel Corp.; Forecast of the president of the Carnegie Institute of Technology on the future of engineering profession; Proposal to readjust the technical education.

Reports that U.S. President Calvin Coolidge would veto any tax bill which provided for a reenactment of the levy on excess profits. Absence of any facts concerning the level of profits, to be declared to the public; Increase in earnings as a result of war prices and war demands; Publication of statistics of corporate incomes in the previous years; Abolition of the excess profits tax and the increase of the income tax from ten percent to twelve and one-half percent.

This article focuses on relations between the U.S. and Great Britain. The present British attitude toward the U.S. seems to me very jittery and touchy. Great Britain has a near psychopathic obsession with the U.S., America has a complacent attitude that it can take the British Commonwealth for granted, or ignore it. Britain is worried, with some cause, about its economy and its leadership. London, England is dominated by American films and musical comedies. The Broadway hit "Teahouse of the August Moon," opened with acclaim in April 1954 and the "New York Times " cabled over critics' comments.

Examines the economic forecasting of the United States government and its economic policy. Difficulty of believing in forecasts as demonstrated by the wide deviations from what actually happens later; War against inflation; Effect on the economically disadvantaged; Excessive unemployment in the Administration's game-plan; View by President Richard Nixon and his advisers that a year or two of relatively hard times may temper the psychology of labor unions and business.

Comments on economic issues in the U.S. Issuance of a group of minimum-wage rulings under the Walsh-Healey act; Reaction of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the intention of Democratic leadership in Congress to form a political party based on Labor's Non-Partisan League; Amount of wage provided in the Black-Norton bill.

Focuses on a survey conducted to explain the relation between increasing purchasing power and increasing prices. Information on prices of different articles on different dates; Impact of rise in demand on prices; Discussion of a strike in New York City by fish dealers against the rising prices of fish; Treatment of railroads and payment of interest charges by the U.S. government.

Comments on issues affecting politics, society and the national economy of the United States. Military cadets training at the United States Military Academy; Government policy on military expenditures during the administration of President Bill Clinton; Involvement of the United States military institution in military conflicts; Speech of General Norman H. Schwartzkopf to cadets; Defense downsizing; Recruiting to the armed forces.

Comments that direct mail is a short course in magazine economics in the United States. Attraction of subscribers by marketing; Mailing of letters to people who are potential subscribers; Possibility of readers not familiar with the magazine.