ABSTRACT
While there are many economists in schools, government, unions, and non-profit organizations working in the institutionalst tradition, there has been no book that describes this tradition -- until now. Editors Champlin and Knoedler have brought together prominent labor economists, highly respected institutional economists, and newer scholars working on such compelling issues as immigration, wage discrimination, and living wages. Their essays portray the institutionalist tradition in labor as it exists today as well as its historical and theoretical origins. The result is a major contribution to the literature of labor economics, institutionalist economics, and the history of economic thought.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |9 pages
Introduction
part I|92 pages
Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
part II|73 pages
Institutionalist Thought on Labor Since World War II
chapter 7|12 pages
Two Sides of the Same Coin
chapter 9|15 pages
Dead Metaphors and Living Wages
chapter 10|13 pages
How Is Labor Distinct from Broccoli?
part III|73 pages
Institutionalist Analysis of Current Labor Issues
chapter 13|16 pages
Nonstandard Labor Through an Institutionalist Lens
part IV|64 pages
Social Justice
part |15 pages
Conclusion