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THE THEORY OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. A History,… di W. H. Hutt
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thcson | Aug 22, 2016 | An original and very easy-to-read book on an important subject. It's been years since I read it, but, uh, my memory of it is very clear. He basically defines Say's Law as "supplies in general are demands in general." He makes fun of Keynes, rakes him through the coals for misconceiving Say's Law in a wilful way. Hutt is always a source for "opinionated" and no-holds-barred disputation.
Still, he's a very clear writer, and this is a subject requiring clarity, that's for sure.
That being said, and my admiration for the book notwithstanding, Thomas Sowell's book on Say's Law is a product of wider scholarship, and far more reliable.½
Still, he's a very clear writer, and this is a subject requiring clarity, that's for sure.
That being said, and my admiration for the book notwithstanding, Thomas Sowell's book on Say's Law is a product of wider scholarship, and far more reliable.½
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wirkman | Feb 22, 2007 | The great economist Sir John Hicks commented, somewhere (I forget where), on how "truculent" this book is. Well, yes. Economist W. H. Hutt understood economics, and was appalled at what we would now call the "political correctness" of his age regarding unions. He knew what most economists understood about wages and bargaining. He grasped the basic theory better than most, but he wasn't alone. But he was almost alone in challenging the namby-pamby, bend-over-backwards niceness and tolerance towards simple bad economics and disastrous policy regarding unions.
Yes, this is still a controversial book. Well worth reading, though. Perhaps you should read Hicks's work on wage theory, in tandem. Compare. Not only economic theory, not merely history, but the art of rhetoric.
Hicks comes off as more civil, yes. But what if Hutt was right (as I think he was, on the whole); what if unions and pro-union policy warped much of economic life for much of the last century, exacerbating bust, twisting booms, and impoverishing many for an organized few?
What if?
Well, good question. Read the book. And answer.
Yes, this is still a controversial book. Well worth reading, though. Perhaps you should read Hicks's work on wage theory, in tandem. Compare. Not only economic theory, not merely history, but the art of rhetoric.
Hicks comes off as more civil, yes. But what if Hutt was right (as I think he was, on the whole); what if unions and pro-union policy warped much of economic life for much of the last century, exacerbating bust, twisting booms, and impoverishing many for an organized few?
What if?
Well, good question. Read the book. And answer.
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wirkman | Feb 22, 2007 | auto
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efeulner | May 2, 2014 | with the Authors Compliments
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