The Origins and Development Of Labor Economics - Softcover

McNulty, Paul J

 
9780262630979: The Origins and Development Of Labor Economics
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0262630974 ISBN 13: 9780262630979
Publisher: 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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About the Author

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

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Publisher
MIT Press
Publication date
1984
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0262630974
ISBN 13 
9780262630979
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
264