RE: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Economics and Literature

[Max Sawicky]

yes.  Eileen publishes a ton in journals.
Peter was offered (and took) a position at Michigan State
(I think) when he wasn't even on the academic market.
Of course, it was in an IR department. Not "econ."

mbs


Does that work win the respect of "real" economists?

>
> I beg your pardon but our industrial relations
> people -- Eileen Appelbaum and Peter Berg --
> have visited many factories, interviewing workers
> and collecting data, for their research on workplace
> organization.
>
> mbs
>
>
> Modern sociologists (like Michael Burawoy) visit factories. Economists
> don't do so, and in fact sneer at sociologists as being unscientific
louts.
> . . .
>
>


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