TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING -- EDITORS' INTRODUCTION -- HOW HIGH IS UP? -- PROFITS IN THE ECONOMY -- EDITORS' INTRODUCTION -- THE RECORD OF PROFITS -- THE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF CORPORATIONS -- COMMENTS -- MEASURING AGGREGATE CORPORATE PROFITS -- COMMENTS -- THE OUTLOOK FOR CORPORATE PROFITS -- PROFITS IN THE FIRM -- EDITORS' INTRODUCTION -- AN ECONOMIST'S VIEW OF PROFIT MEASUREMENT -- AN ACCOUNTANT'S VIEW OF PROFIT MEASUREMENT -- PROFITS FROM THE INVESTOR'S POINT OF VIEW -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- A CASH-FLOW CONCEPT OF PROFIT -- A PRAGMATIC VIEW OF PROFIT -- INVESTMENT DECISIONS OF CORPORATIONS -- SOURCES AND COSTS OF OBTAINING FUNDS -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- RISK AND RATE OF RETURN -- PROFITS AND NATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY -- EDITORS' INTRODUCTION -- THE ROLE OF PROFITS IN NATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.