BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Business Finance: Security Credit: Its Economic Role and Regulation . By J ules I. B ogen and H erman E. K rooss . The South Sea Bubble . By J ohn C arswell . Insurance: Social Security: Programs, Problems, and Policies . By W illiam H aber and W ilbur J. C ohen All Lines Insurance . Edited by D an M. M c G ill . Legal Protection of Private Pension Expectations . By E dwin W. P atterson . Insurance . By H. E. R aynes . International Finance: Die Filialgrossbanken: Entwicklung und Stellung im deutschen Kreditsystem . By K arl J osef E hlen . Geldmarkt und Geldmarktgeschäfte . By D r . F riedhelm H öfermann . Der deutsche Privatdiskontmarkt . By H elmut L ipfert . British Monetary Policy and the Balance of Payments, 1951–1957 . By P eter B. K enen . Die Basler Staatsfinanzen im Zeichen der Konsolidierung 1946–1958 . By J osef R osen . Basel The Fiscal System of the Federal District of Venezuela: A Report . By C arl S. S houp , C. L owell H arriss , and W illiam S. V ickrey . Investments: A Study in the Theory of Investment . By T rygve H aavelmo Investments: Analysis and Management . By D ouglas A. H ayes Postwar Market for State and Local Government Securities . By R oland I. R obinson . The Economic Background to Investment . By H. B. R ose . Money and Banking: The Federal Reserve Discount Window . By G eorge W. M c K inney , J r . Money Metropolis . By S idney M. R obbins and N estor E. T erleckyj . Financial Institutions . By R. I. R obinson , E. W. B oehmler , F. H. G ane , and L. C. F arwell . Modern Banking . By R. S. S ayers . 5th ed. Public Finance: The Question of Government Spending . By F rancis M. B ator . Fiscal Theory and Political Economy . By J ames M. B uchanan Public Finance and the General Welfare . By T roy J. C auley Fiscal Policy for Stable Growth: A Study in Dynamic Macroeconomics . By C hallis A. H all , J r . Public Finance in Theory and Practice . By A. R. P rest . Ricardo on Taxation . By C arl S. S houp .