Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- I. THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING -- II. CRITIQUE OF PREVIOUS RESEARCHES INTO THE SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE BUSINESS CYCLE -- PART I. THE ECONOMISTS -- PART II. THE CRIMINOLOGISTS -- PART III. THE STATISTICIANS -- III. MARRIAGES AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE -- IV. BIRTHS AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE -- V. DEATHS AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE -- VI. PAUPERISM AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE -- VII. ALCOHOLISM AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE -- VIII. CRIME AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE -- IX. EMIGRATION AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE -- X. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS.