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Excerpt from Statistics of Manufactures: Totals for the United States, 1890 Owing to changes in the form of inquiry and the inclusion at the Eleventh Census of certain industries omitted at the census of 1880, the data reported at the two census periods can not be considered as an exact indication of the growth of manufacturing and mechanical industries during the decade. The following comparative summary shows the totals for the United States in all classes of manufactures as reported for the two census periods. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"Explaining why social movements and labor activists run into obstacles, and how these can be overcome, this book draws valuable sociological and strategic lessons from the drivers' ten-week wildcat strike that helped that lay the basis for organizing Teamsters for a Democratic Union"-- Provided by publisher.

Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) war eine einflussreiche Vertreterin der europäischen Arbeiterbewegung, des Marxismus, Antimilitarismus und "proletarischen Internationalismus". Aus dem Buch: "Die Nationalökonomie ist eine merkwürdige Wissenschaft. Die Schwierigkeit und der Streit der Meinungen beginnt schon bei dem ersten Schritt, den man auf ihr Gebiet tut, schon bei der allerelementarsten Frage: Was ist der eigentliche Gegenstand dieser Wissenschaft. Der einfache Arbeiter, der nur eine ganz vage Vorstellung davon hat, was die Nationalökonomie lehrt, wird seine Unklarheit der eigenen mangelhaften allgemeinen Bildung zuschreiben. Doch teilt er sein Mißgeschick diesmal in gewissem Sinne mit vielen gelehrten Doktoren und Professoren, die über die Nationalökonomie dickbändige Werke schreiben und Vorlesungen für die studierende Jugend an den Universitäten halten. So unglaubwürdig es klingt, so ist es doch Tatsache, daß die meisten Fachgelehrten der Nationalökonomie einen sehr verschwommenen Begriff davon haben, was der wirkliche Gegenstand ihrer Gelehrsamkeit ist."

This book addresses the fear amongst economists that major changes in both the supply and demand for investment funds around the world have caused a severe shortage of savings. The large capital-exporting countries - Japan and Germany - are experiencing a sharp decline in external surpluses.

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Heroic Defeats is a comparative investigation of how unions and firms interact when economic circumstances require substantial job loss. Using simple game theory to generate testable propositions about when these situations will result in industrial conflict, Professor Golden illustrates the theory in a range of situations between 1950 and 1985 in Japan, Italy, and Britain. Additionally, the author shows how the theory explains why strikes over job loss almost never occur in postwar unionized firms in the United States.

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Thirteen essays by acknowledged economic experts explore the rapid changes in the transition economies of Eastern Europe, with discussions on political and economic freedom, monetary control and privatization, labor markets and social safety nets, and taxation and crime.

The Uncertain Search for Environmental Quality [hardcover] Ackerman, Bruce A. [Oct 01, 1974]

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This book assesses the politics of the West German trade unions in the context of their larger role as major actors in the polity of a democratic Federal Republic of Germany. By focusing on the historical realities of the labour movement, the study concentrates on explaining to what extent organised labour helped solidify, yet at the same time challenged the dominant structures of politics and authority in German history's most extensive and longest-lasting democracy. Professor Markovits explains the immediate financial, legal and political framework wherein the unions operate and differentiates the various political trends that have consistently determined inter-union co-operation, as well as rivalry. An analysis of four major unions, including the vast metal workers' grouping, shows how the industrial reality of each helps to shape its political outlook and strategic thinking. Contingent factors such as personal leadership are analysed in addition to objective industrial and historical criteria. This major study concludes by cautiously gauging the future of the West German trade unions in an increasingly complex and uncertain world.