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...discussion of the long history of governmental action to produce a fair, equitable method of ensuring a living wage...

Table of Contents

Preface List of Tables, Figures and Illustrations State Minimum Wage Legislation and Early Economic Conditions Minimum Wage Programs Take Shape Enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act The First Decade: The Fair Labor Standards Act Comes of Age The Second Decade: The Emphasis on Education The Third Decade: The Decade of Assessment The Fourth Decade: The Decade of Empiricism The Last Decade: Stalemate Conclusion Epilogue Appendix Bibliography Index

About the Author

WILLIS J. NORDLUND is Dean, School of Business at the College of West Virginia./e He is former Regional Director of the Office of Worker's Compensation Programs and was the Executive and Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Labor from 1976 to 1980. Dr. Nordlund has worked in areas dealing with wages for many years.

Reviews

"Many readers will learn much about the particular topics O'Brien addresses from this well-researched book....[W]orkers' Paradox successfully encourages readers to examine critically the state Americans often forgot they had created."-Book Reviews

?Many readers will learn much about the particular topics O'Brien addresses from this well-researched book....[W]orkers' Paradox successfully encourages readers to examine critically the state Americans often forgot they had created.?-Book Reviews

?The work is solid and will be useful to people seriously engaged in wage discussions, as well as of interest to historians because of the economic, social, and political coverage.?-National Productivity Review

"The work is solid and will be useful to people seriously engaged in wage discussions, as well as of interest to historians because of the economic, social, and political coverage."-National Productivity Review