Activist Unionism: Institutional Economics of Solomon Barkin

by Donald R. Stabile

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781315287317
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/16/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	1 MB

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).

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Two Worlds of Solomon Barkin; Chapter 2 A System of Trade Union Economics; Chapter 3 Workers, Jobs, and Unions; Chapter 4 Responsibilities of Industry; Chapter 5 How Unions Serve Their Members; Chapter 6 Coordinated Government Policy; Chapter 7 Decline of the Labor Movement; Conclusion: Full Productive and Freely Chosen Employment;

Editorial Reviews

A series of articles examining the economic ideas of activist/scholar Barkin who, in a career spanning 60 years, served as a consultant and writer of commission reports for state government on issues concerning old age assistance and older workers, as an analyst and administrator in the National Recovery Administration of the New Deal, as chief research officer of the Textile Workers Union of America, and as secretary of research on manpower and social affairs in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, before finishing his career as a professor of economics at the U. of Massachusetts at Amherst. Paper edition (293-1), $22.50. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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