Activist Unionism: Institutional Economics of Solomon Barkin (Studies in Institutional Economics) - Softcover

Stabile, Donald R. R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1563242931 ISBN 13: 9781563242939

Publisher: Routledge, 1993

Synopsis

First Published in 1994. Sol Barkin was never an elected official in the trade union movement, but for twenty-six years, from 1937 until he retired in 1963. His role also saw him serve on government advisory bodies, originate public policy in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, lead the Industrial Relations Research Association, and teach in an American university.

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About the Author

Donald R. Stabile is professor of economics at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. He holds a B.S. in business from the University of Florida and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Professor Stabile’s scholarly work includes articles on the ideas of Thorstein Veblen, on scientific management and engineers, and on the public debt of the United States. He authored Prophets of Order: The Rise of the New Class, Technocracy and Socialism in America (1984) and coauthored The Public Debt of the United States: An Historical Perspective, 1775–1990 (1991).

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1563242931
• ISBN 13: 9781563242939
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300