America works:the exceptional U.S. labor market

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Freeman Richard B (Richard Barry), 1943-
Published: Russell Sage Foundation,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: c2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: A Russell Sage Foundation Centennial Volume
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Carrier Form: xiii, 191 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9780871542830 (alk. paper)
0871542838 (alk. paper)
9780871543264
0871543265
Index Number: F249
CLC: F249.712.12
Call Number: F249.712.12/F855
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-180) and index.
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.