Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214) and index ""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Secular Overview""; ""1.1. Trends in the Distribution of National Assets in Current Prices""; ""1.2. Differences between Broad and Narrow Concepts of Assets""; ""1.3 Changes in the National Balance Sheet in Constant Prices""; ""1.4. Sectoral Distribution of Assets""; ""1.5. Decomposition of Rates of Growth of National Assets""; ""1.6. National Balance Sheet Ratios""; ""2. Summary of Findings for the 1953-75 Period""; ""3. Problems of Constructing National and Sectoral Balance Sheets""; ""3.1. Sectoring"" ""3.2. Categories of Assets and Liabilities""""3.3. Valuation""; ""3.4. Deflation (Reduction to Constant Prices)""; ""3.5. Consolidation""; ""3.6. Sources""; ""4. The National Balance Sheet of the United States for 1975""; ""4.1. The Overall Balance Sheet""; ""4.2. The Structure of Sectoral Balance Sheets""; ""4.3. Distribution of Assets and Liabilities among Sectors""; ""4.4. The Financial Interrelations Ratio""; ""5. Trends and Fluctuations in the National Balance Sheet, 1953-75""; ""5.1. The National Balance Sheet""; ""5.2. Revaluations""; ""5.3. A Comparison of Three Estimates"" ""6. Trends and Fluctuations in Sectoral Balance Sheets, 1953-75""""6.1. Sectoral Distribution of Assets, Liabilities, Equities, and Net Worth""; ""6.2. Two Financial Ratios""; ""6.3. The Balance Sheet of all Nonfinancial Sectors""; ""6.4. Households""; ""6.5. Nonprofit Organizations""; ""6.6. Farm Enterprises""; ""6.7. Nonfinancial Nonfarm Unincorporated Business Enterprises""; ""6.8. Nonfinancial Corporations""; ""6.9. Federal Government""; ""6.10. State and Local Governments""; ""6.11. Rest of the World""; ""6.12. Financial Institutions""; ""7. Broader Definitions of National Assets"" ""7.1. Standing Timber""""7.2. Fish and Game""; ""7.3. Collectors' items""; ""7.4. National Monuments""; ""7.5. Subsoil Assets""; ""7.6. Research and Development Expenditures""; ""7.7. Patents, Copyrights, and Goodwill""; ""7.8. Unfunded Liabilities of Pension and Retirement funds""; ""7.9. Human Capital""; ""7.10. An Estimate of Extended National Assets""; ""8. Developments in 1976-80""; ""8.1. Movements of National Assets""; ""8.2. Changes in Distribution among Components: Overview""; ""8.3. Reproducible Tangible Assets""; ""8.4. Financial Assets""; ""8.5. National Balance Sheet Ratios"" |
