Labor scarcity and the problem of American industrial efficiency in the 1850's

by Peter Temin

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78 pages, Paperback

First published August 12, 2015

About the author

Peter Temin was an economist and economic historian, serving as the Gray Professor Emeritus of Economics at MIT, where he was formerly the head of the Economics Department.