The labor problem

The labor problem

"The labor problem" is an economics term widely used toward the turn of the twentieth century with various applications. ["the labor problem." Roberts, Harold Selig. 1994. Roberts' Dictionary of Industrial Relations. p. 406] It has been defined in various ways, such as "the problem of improving the conditions of employment of the wage-earning classes." [Adams, Thomas Sewall. 1908. Labor Problems: A Text Book. p. 3]

ee also

*Underinvestment employment relationship

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