A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation - National Bureau of Economic Research Series on Long-Term Factors in Economi - Price V. Fishback - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226251639 - May 1, 2000
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A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation - National Bureau of Economic Research Series on Long-Term Factors in Economi 1st edition


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Presents a reappraisal of the causes and consequences of a movement that ultimately transformed the nature of social insurance and the American workplace. This book argues that workers' compensation, rather than being an early progressive victory, succeeded because all relevant parties - labor, lawyers, and legislators - benefited from the ruling.


324 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released May 1, 2000
ISBN13 9780226251639
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 324
Dimensions 237 × 163 × 25 mm   ·   598 g
Language English  

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