The Institutionalist tradition in labor economics

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List of Tables and Figures Introduction 1. The Institutionalist Tradition in Labor Economics, Dell P. Champlin and Janet T. Knoedler Part I. Historical and Theoretical Perspectives 2. The Institutional and Neoclassical Schools in Labor Economics, Bruce E. Kaufman 3. Labor and the Menace of Competition, Glen Atkinson 4. John R. Commons and His Students: The View from the End of the Twentieth Century, J. Dennis Chasse 5. Wages in the Public Interest: Insights from Thorstein Veblen and J.M. Clark, Dell P. Champlin and Janet T. Knoedler 6. U.S. Labor Re-Examined, 1880-1930: Success, Ideology, and Reversal, Jon D. Wisman and Aaron Pacitti Part II. Institutionalist Thought on Labor Since World War II 7. Two Sides of the Same Coin: Institutionalist Theories of Wage Rates and Wage Differentials, Douglas Kinnear 8. The Significance of Segmentation for Institutional Theory and Public Policy, Jerry Gray and Richard Chapman 9. Dead Metaphors and Living Wages: On the Role of Measurement and Logic in Economic Debates, Ann Jennings 10. How Is Labor Distinct from Broccoli? Robert E. Prasch 11. An Institutionalist Approach to Work Time: Is Labor Truly Irksome? Robert LaJeunesse Part III. Institutional Analysis of Current Labor Issues 12. Wage Discrimination in Context: Enlarging the Field of View, Deborah M. Figart and Ellen Mutari 13. Nonstandard Labor Through an Institutionalist Lens: The More Things Change, The More Things Stay the Same, Barbara A. Wiens-Tuers 14. The Institution of Unauthorized Residency Status: Neighborhood Context and Mexican Immigrant Earnings in Los Angeles County, Enrico Marcelli 15. Retirement: Evolving Concepts and Institutions, Janice Peterson 16. Organizing the Service Sector: From 'Labor' to 'Stakeholder' Unionism, George DeMartino Part IV. Social Justice 17. Full Employment and Social Justice, L. Randall Wray and Mathew Forstater 18. Regressive Norms, Progressive Possibilities and Labor Justice, Mayo C. Toruno 19. Wealth and Power: Ethical Implications of Executive Compensation since the 1980s, David A. Zalewski 20. Not Only Nike's Doing It: Sweating and the Contemporary Labor Market, Yngve Ramstad and Richard McIntyre Conclusion 21. Prospects for the Future of Institutionalist Labor Economics, Dell P. Champlin and Janet T. Knoedler Index About the Editors and Contributors

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