A Worker's Economist : John R. Commons and His Legacy from Progressivism to the War on Poverty.
Chasse, John Dennis.
A Worker's Economist : John R. Commons and His Legacy from Progressivism to the War on Poverty. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (252 pages)
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Randolph County -- 2 Oberlin -- 3 Hopkins -- 4 Wesleyan-Oberlin -- 5 Indiana Beginning -- 6 Sociologist at Syracuse -- 7 Exile -- 8 The National Civic Federation -- 9 Wisconsin Labor History -- 10 Multitasking -- 11 The Wisconsin Idea -- 12 The Commission on Industrial Relations -- 13 Shattered Illusions -- 14 The Dominant Class -- 15 Croaking Cassandras -- 16 The Social Statesman and His Team -- 17 The Trailer Park and the Last Book -- 18 The Team's Last Stand -- Appendix A to Chapter 12: Report and Dissent at the USCIR -- Appendix B to Chapter 14: The Legal Foundations of Capitalism -- Appendix C to Chapter 16: Institutional Economics -- Chronolog -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.
John R. Commons is one of the few reformers of the past century whose major works are still actively read, whose ideas are still debated, and whose principles are still applied to the analysis of contemporary problems.
9781351606271
Commons, John R.
Electronic books.
HB119.C58.C43 2017
330.1552092
A Worker's Economist : John R. Commons and His Legacy from Progressivism to the War on Poverty. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (252 pages)
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Randolph County -- 2 Oberlin -- 3 Hopkins -- 4 Wesleyan-Oberlin -- 5 Indiana Beginning -- 6 Sociologist at Syracuse -- 7 Exile -- 8 The National Civic Federation -- 9 Wisconsin Labor History -- 10 Multitasking -- 11 The Wisconsin Idea -- 12 The Commission on Industrial Relations -- 13 Shattered Illusions -- 14 The Dominant Class -- 15 Croaking Cassandras -- 16 The Social Statesman and His Team -- 17 The Trailer Park and the Last Book -- 18 The Team's Last Stand -- Appendix A to Chapter 12: Report and Dissent at the USCIR -- Appendix B to Chapter 14: The Legal Foundations of Capitalism -- Appendix C to Chapter 16: Institutional Economics -- Chronolog -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.
John R. Commons is one of the few reformers of the past century whose major works are still actively read, whose ideas are still debated, and whose principles are still applied to the analysis of contemporary problems.
9781351606271
Commons, John R.
Electronic books.
HB119.C58.C43 2017
330.1552092