This paper was originally prepared for the New School celebration of Duncan Foley's career. It attempts to place his work in the context of the evolution of economics as a discipline and of the MIT Economics Department in the last forty years, and in particular the place of Marx and Keynes as...

Dense social networks are thought to be a pre-requisite for innovation-led economic growth and, as a result, building socalled "knowledge networks" has become an important goal for some policy-makers. This has certainly been the case among "rust belt" communities where innovation and economic...

Books reviewed: Employment with Human Face: Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Voice by John W. Budd. ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, 2004. Workplace Justice Without Unions by Hoyt B. Wheeler, Brian S. Klaas and Douglas M. Mahony. W.E. Upjohn Institute for...

[eng] Economies and Sociology. . This paper explores the potential of sociology to fill certain gaps in economic theory. It examines in particular its capacity to explain: 1) the institutional supports required to make a competitive market work; and, 2) the limits of the assumption of rational...

This paper explores the potential of sociology to fill certain gaps in economic theory. It examines in particular its capacity to explain: 1) the institutional supports required to make a competitive market work; and, 2) the limits of the assumption of rational choice behavior. The dominant...

En este ensayo se explica muy bien lo que se está convirtiendo en una bibliografía extensa y complicada. Gran parte de ella se basa en modelos de equilibrio general computable. Estos modelos son tan complejos que a menudo resulta difícil entender lo que en realidad produce los efectos que...

The development and evolution of labor market structures and institutions. Particular focus on competing explanations of recent developments in the distribution of wage and salary income and in key institutions and organizational structures. Special attention to theories of worker motivation and...

This report addresses the organization, nature, and prospects for labor law enforcement in Central America and the Dominican Republic. It draws a distinction between the Anglo-American approach to enforcement, which is rooted in deterrence and punishment, and the Latin alternative, which is...