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The political economy of a living wage : Progressives, the New Deal, and social justice / Donald Stabile.
Lippincott Library HD4918 .S83 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stabile, Donald, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minimum wage--History--20th century.
- Minimum wage.
- Wages--History--20th century.
- Wages.
- New Deal, 1933-1939--Economic aspects.
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
- History.
- United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
- United States.
- Economic conditions.
- Economic history.
- Economics.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 292 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
- Summary:
- This book tells the story behind President Franklin D. Roosevelt's use of the phrase "living wage" in a variety of speeches, letters, and statements, and examines the degree to which programs of the New Deal reflected the ideas of a living wage movement that existed in the US for almost three decades before Roosevelt was elected president. This book's highlights include the revelation of a living wage agenda under the War Industry Board (WIB)'s National War Labor Board (NWLB) during World War I, the unearthing of long-forgotten literature from the 1920s and 30s that formed the foundation of Roosevelt's statements on a living wage, and the examination of contemporary studies that used a simple living wage formula combining collective bargaining, social insurance, and minimum wage as a standard for social justice used to measure the impact of New Deal polices.
- Contents:
- The political economy of a living wage
- A living wage from World War I through the onset of the Great Depression
- Planning a living wage: the National Industrial Recovery Act
- A useful and remunerative job: the National Labor Relations Act
- Social security: protection from poverty in old age and unemployment
- The right to earn enough: the Fair Labor Standards Act
- Collective bargaining, social insurance, and the minimum wage: a program for a living wage.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-276) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783319324722
- 3319324721
- OCLC:
- 944473917
- Publisher Number:
- 99969320755
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