Download or read book The Social Foundations of Wage Policy written by Barbara Wootton and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-02 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1955, The Social Foundations of Wage Policy provides a comprehensive study of British wage and salary structure. It discusses themes like economists’ theory of wages; economic curiosities of British wage structure; modern methods of wage determination; wage policy in a vacuum; attitudes of trade unions and government; and a rational wage policy. This is an important historical document for scholars and researchers of economics and British political economy.