The author, Lauchlin Currie, suggests, in a memorandum written in February 1937, that there should be banking legislation with reference to foreign capital inflows. Gives a series of suggestions as to what might be needed.

Presents the monthly estimates of the Federal Government in the USA from 1932‐1937. States that in 1937 the contribution has declined below the levels of the other recent years, reflecting in part a decrease in expenditures but more largely an increase in tax receipts. Investigates how the...

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.

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, 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.

Presents a memorandum from Lauchlin Currie to the President of the USA written in March 1940 in which he discusses full employment and the New Deal.

Presents a memorandum written by Lauchlin Currie in December 1940 to the President of the USA on the subject of expansion possibilities of the US monetary system.

Presents a paper written by Lauchlin Currie in January 1991 in which he attempts to demonstrate how lack of precision in the use of terms relating to money and savings can lead to a lack of precision in theories, which in turn leads to errors or misunderstandings in policies. Concludes that an...

Presents a paper by Lauchlin Currie written in January 1991 in which he makes suggestions for organizational changes that might serve to improve the formulation of monetary policy in Columbia.

Presents a paper written by Lauchlin Currie in November 1992 in which he identifies and defends the concepts of money and the demand for it. The paper argues that the heavy cost of maintaining checking accounts is not reasonably explained by the conventional listing of motivations, especially in...