The value of labor : the science of commodification in Hungary, 1920-1956 / Martha Lampland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lampland, Martha, 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor--Hungary--History--20th century.

Labor.

Commodification.

Socialism.

History.

Agriculture.

Economic conditions.

Hungary--Economic conditions--20th century.

Hungary.

Agriculture--Hungary--History--20th century.

Socialism--Hungary--History--20th century.

Commodification--Hungary.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

xviii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.

Summary:

At the heart of today's fierce political anger over income inequality is a feature of capitalism that Karl Marx famously obsessed over: the commodification of labor. Most of us think wage-labor economics is at odds with socialist thinking, but as Martha Lampland explains in this fascinating look at twentieth-century Hungary, there have been moments when such economics actually flourished under socialist regimes. Exploring the region's transition from a capitalist to a socialist system-and the economic science and practices that endured it-she sheds new light on the two most polarized ideologies of modern history. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1

1 Moral Imperatives, Political Objectives 29

2 Rationalizing the Economic Infrastructure 49

3 Formalizing Practices 77

4 The Problem with Money 109

Part 2

5 State Matters 139

6 A New Matrix of Labor Value 164

7 Administering Coercion 188

8 Fighting over Numbers 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780226314600

022631460X

OCLC:

933596263