Work and Welfare - The Social Costs of Labor in the History of Economic Thought

Sommario

Introduction: The Just Wage and the Standard of Living
Adam Smith: The Friend of Labor
Malthus, Ricardo and Bentham: The Fund for Maintaining Labor
John Stuart Mill and Labor's Responsibility
Karl Marx: The Alienation and Exploitation of Labor
Marginalism, Moral Character and Work
Institutional Economics and the Community Approach to Labor
Orthodox Economics and the Scientific Treatment of Labor
Conclusion: The Endangered Worker
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

DONALD R. STABILE is Professor of Economics at St. Mary's College of Maryland and Associate Editor of Business Library Review. His recent books include Work and Welfare: The Social Costs of Labor in the History of Economic Thought (Greenwood, 1996) and The Public Debt of the United States: An Historical Perspective (Praeger, 1991).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Donald Stabile, Stabile Donald R.
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 7 a 17 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 06.02.1996
• EAN: 9780313297380
• ISBN: 978-0-313-29738-0
• Pagine: 240
• Peso: 482 g
• Serie: Contributions in Economics and Economic History
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; History of Ideas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Labour / income economics, Economic theory & philosophy, Labour Economics, Social and cultural history, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: work and labour, Economic theory and philosophy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Business: History