John R. Commons: Selected Essays

John R. Commons: Selected Essays
Author: Malcolm Rutherford
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2020-03-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134775571

John R. Commons is one of the most significant figures in the development of American economics. One of the founders of the Institutional school, Commons developed theories of the evolution of capitalism and of institutional change which continue to influence modern economics. These volumes collect, for the first time, his major essays and articles.

Workers' Paradox

Workers' Paradox
Author: Ruth O'Brien
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780807847374

Reinterpreting the roots of twentieth-century American labor law and politics, Ruth O'Brien argues that it was not New Deal Democrats but rather Republicans of an earlier era who developed the fundamental principles underlying modern labor policy. By exam