ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |13 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|8 pages

The Christian Minister and Sociology

chapter 2|9 pages

Proportional Representation

chapter 3|10 pages

Progressive Individualism

chapter 4|2 pages

Political Economy and Law

chapter 7|8 pages

The Right to Work

chapter 8|76 pages

A Sociological view of Sovereignty

chapter 9|11 pages

Discussion of the President's Address

chapter 10|5 pages

Representation of Interests

chapter 11|10 pages

A New Way of Settling Labor Disputes

chapter 12|16 pages

Referendum and Initiative in City Government

chapter 13|7 pages

The Wisconsin Public-Utilities Law

chapter 16|29 pages

American Shoemakers, 1648–1895

A sketch of industrial evolution

chapter 18|8 pages

The Industrial Commission of Wisconsin

chapter 20|11 pages

Economic Reconstruction: Foreign and Domestic Investments

Annual address of the president

chapter 22|11 pages

Unemployment

Compensation and prevention

chapter 23|7 pages

Wage Theories and Wage Policies

chapter 24|10 pages

Hobson's Economics of Unemployment1

chapter 26|12 pages

Law and Economics

chapter 27|7 pages

The Passing of Samuel Gompers

chapter 28|10 pages

The Stabilization of Prices and Business1

chapter 29|11 pages

The True Scope of Unemployment Insurance

chapter 30|15 pages

Marx Today

Capitalism and socialism

chapter 32|7 pages

Reserve Bank Control of the General Price Level

A rejoinder

chapter 33|39 pages

Legal and Economic Job Analysis

chapter 34|10 pages

Institutional Economics

chapter 36|13 pages

The Place of Economics in Social Philosophy

chapter 37|14 pages

Institutional Economics

chapter 39|12 pages

Twentieth Century Economics