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America Works Thoughts on an Exceptional U.S. Labor Market / Richard B. Freeman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-
- Series:
- Russell Sage Foundation centennial volume.
- A Russell Sage Foundation Centennial Volume
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor market--United States.
- Labor market.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- First paperback edition.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The U.S.labor market is the most laissez faire of any developed nation, with a weak social safety net and little government regulation compared to Europe or Japan.Some economists point to this hands-off approach as the source of America's low unemployment and high per-capita income.
- Contents:
- The US market-driven labor system
- When markets drive outcomes
- Distribution matters
- Why Americans work and work
- Where have all the unions gone
- long time passing?
- Regulating the unregulated market
- Management in the driver's seat
- The great doubling: is your job going to Bombay or Beijing?
- Helping the invisible hand do better.
- Notes:
- "A Russell Sage Foundation Centennial Volume."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-180) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61044-217-2
- OCLC:
- 652385532
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