The Origins and Development of Labor Economics: A Chapter in the History of Social Thought - Couverture souple

McNulty, Paul J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0262630974 ISBN 13 : 9780262630979

Editeur : MIT Press, 1984

Synopsis

Beginning with the origins of labor economics' in medieval times, the book discusses the primacy of labor in the thinking of classical economists, and its separation from mainstream economics in the nineteenth century.

Since economics emerged as a distinct field of inquiry, no other single factor has occupied so central an analytical role as labor. A review in the library journal, Choice, noted that this book does for labor in the history of economic thought what Joseph A. Schumpeter's History of Economics Analysis did more generally for the whole of economics.

Beginning with the origins of labor economics' in medieval times, the book discusses the primacy of labor in the thinking of classical economists, and its separation from mainstream economics in the nineteenth century. It concludes with the modern synthesis of labor studies with economic theory marked by the development of human capital theory and the increasing integration of economic theory and market analysis in interdisciplinary institutional and industrial relations approaches to the study of labor.

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À propos de l'auteur

Paul J. McNulty is a professor in the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 1984
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262630974
• ISBN 13: 9780262630979
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
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• Personne responsable: non disponible