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Commons, John Rogers - 1862–1945, American economist, b. Hollansburg, Ohio, grad. Oberlin, 1888. Influenced by the other social sciences, Commons tried to broaden the scope of economics, especially in his noted Legal Foundations of Capitalism (1924) and Institutional Economics (1934). He was also interested in immediate social problems, chiefly those dealing with labor, and served on many

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The Economics of Collective Action » Read Now
by John R. Commons. 420 pgs.

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...Economics of Collective Action John R. Commons Late Professor of Economics...1 "John R. Commons Point of View," Journal of Land...collection of Commons writings in the...
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Principles of Labor Legislation » Read Now
by John R. Commons. 528 pgs.

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...PRINCIPLES OF LABOR LEGISLATION BY JOHN R. COMMONS LL.D. PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, UNIVERSITY...Holcombe and Frank W. Taussig of Harvard University. JOHN R. COMMONS...
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John R. Commons: Selected Essays » Read Now
by John R. Commons. 306 pgs.

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John R. Commons is one of the most significant figures in the development of American economics. One of the founders of the Institutional school, Commons developed theories of the evolution of capitalism and of institutional change which continue to influence modern economics. These volumes collect...
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John R. Commons is one of the most significant figures in the development of American economics. One of the founders of the Institutional school, Commons developed theories of the evolution of capitalism and of institutional change which continue to influence modern economics. These volumes collect, for the first time, his major essays and articles.
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Modern Economic Thought: The American Contribution (Chap. 3 "The Collective Economics Of John R. Commons") » Read Now
by Allan G. Gruchy. 670 pgs.

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...modification at the hands of John R. Commons, Wesley C. Mitchell, John M...Gardiner C. Means, and the late John R. Commons for reading and criticizing the...3. THE...
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Trade Unionism and Labor Problems » Read Now
by John R. Commons. 840 pgs.

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...EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN R. COMMONS PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY...FRANCISCO COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY JOHN R. COMMONS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 323 11...made wide...
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Races and Immigrants in America » Read Now
by John R. Commons. 242 pgs.

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...IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA BY JOHN R. COMMONS PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL...1897 . BURGESS JOHN W., Reconstruction and...Reports , Washington. COMMONS J. R., Proportional...
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The Stabilization of Business (Chap. 4 "Unemployment -- Prevention and Insurance" by John R. Commons) » Read Now
by Wesley C. Mitchell, Irving Fisher, Frank Haigh Dixon. 400 pgs.

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John R. Commons and the Special Interest Issue: Not Really Out of Date, in Journal of Economic Issues » Read Now
by J. Dennis Chasse. 17 pgs.

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...John R. Commons and the special interest issue: not really...observers, to undermine the prescriptions of John R. Commons for a reasonable society that included...power...
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Taylorism, John R. Commons, and the Hoxie Report, in Journal of Economic Issues » Read Now
by Chris Nyland. 32 pgs.

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...Taylorism, John R. Commons, and the Hoxie report. by Chris...revisionist literature by examining John R. Commonss assessment of scientific management...time had come Person...
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Holism and Collectivism in the Work of J.R. Commons, in Journal of Economic Issues » Read Now
by Clive Lawson. 18 pgs.

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...One explanation, put forward by John Commons . . . may be called the "collectivist...1990): 19-47. Chasse, J. D. "John R. Commons and the Democratic State." Journal...The...
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Sovereignty in Transaction Cost Economics: John R. Commons and Oliver E. Williamson, in Journal of Economic Issues » Read Now
by William M. Dugger. 6 pgs.

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...in transaction cost economics: John R. Commons and Oliver E. Williamson...of transaction cost economics, John R. Commons, and as later rediscovered and...powerful. Selected...
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Commons and Keynes: Their Assault on Laissez Faire, in Journal of Economic Issues » Read Now
by Glen Atkinson, Theodore Oleson Jr. 12 pgs.

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...quoted from a letter that John Maynard Keynes wrote to John R. Commons in 1927 in which he said "there seems to me to be no...Journal of Economic Issues 30 (June 1996):...
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John R. Commons: Pioneer of Labor Economics, in Monthly Labor Review » Read Now
by Jack Barbash. 6 pgs.

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...John R. Commons: pioneer of labor economics by Jack Barbash John R. Commons has contributed in one way or another...over again. An uncommon professor John R. Commons was...
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How Economics Forgot History: The Problem of Historical Specificity in Social Science (Chap. 12 "The Theoretical Manifesto of John Commons") » Read Now
by Geoffrey M. Hodgson. 425 pgs.

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This work questions the tendency of economic method to try and explain all economic phenomena by using the same catch-all theories and dealing in universal truths. It argues that theory has to take account of historical context.