Word: investment
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Besides this criticism of capitalism in its present state, Professor Rogers adds five other reasons for the existence of our nine-year business dive. The freezing of capital by banks which are afraid to invest in business enterprises is a contributing factor to the reluctance of industrialists in maintaining and increasing output. Related to both of these evils is the current mutual antagonism between business and the administration, which Professor Rogers cites as another guarantee of a long depression...
...come Phase No. 5-housing for lower-middle families who can afford rooms between USHA's $5 maximum and FHA's $10 minimum. The President hoped that money to finance Housing in this field could be found among thousands of people with $1,000 or so to invest, small private capital brought into an enormous pool by a sure promise of 3% or 3½% interest...
...acres in Eastern Oklahoma from the Government in Benjamin Harrison's time and lived to see his land produce 12,000 bbls. of oil a day. So dim-witted that he used to parrot back "Hello. Jack" when he was addressed, Indian Barnett had a guardian to invest his $60,000 monthly income. He lived on $50 a month until Anna Laura Lowe, a white widow, entered his life, began fighting with the Government over his money...
...theory is another approach to the problem: not to prevent saving but to prevent it from being translated into fixed charges. Emphasizing that his proposal was not officially inspired, he pointed out its major difficulty: the necessity of changes in State laws to allow banks and insurance companies to invest in stocks. Preferred securities he maintained would be just as sound investments for banks if they carried voting control when dividends were in arrears, thereby giving preferred stockholders the right to force a change in management...
...Banks may now invest in unlisted securities and those without public distribution, provided the issuer can service the loan...