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Edwards, Richard Clark was born on February 27, 1944 in Minot, North Dakota, United States. Son of Leroy and Winnie May (Burlingame) Edwards.
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For use as a core text or as a supplement to principles of economics courses, this text develops an integrated theory of advanced capitalist economy based on an economic model of production and distribution. This theoretical analysis focuses on the profit rate, on how it is determined in goods markets, labour markets and by government policy, and how it in turn affects the economy. The text follows an inter-disciplinary approach and focuses on the main institutions and their historical evolution. This book is not a model of economic structure but about the real world economy - with students confronting genuine issues such as competition and conflict among nations, classes and races.
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Segmented Work, Divided Workers presents a restatement and expansion of the theory of labor segmentation by three of its founding scholars. The authors argue that divisions with the US working class are rooted in a segmentation of jobs since World War II. They explain the origins of job segmentation through a careful and systematic historical analysis of changes in the labor process and the structure of labor markets since the early 1800s. this analysis builds, in turn, upon hypotheses about successive stages in the history of capitalist development. Segmented Work, Divided Workers integrates this economics analysis with a careful historial appreciation of the complexity of working-class experience in the United States.
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(Understanding Capitalism: Competition, Command, and Chang...)
Understanding Capitalism: Competition, Command, and Change, Third Edition, is an introduction to economics that explains how capitalism works, why it sometimes does not work as well as we would like it to, and how over time it not only changes but also revolutionizes the world around us. The "three-dimensional approach" of the text focuses on competition in markets; command in firms, governments, and international relations; and change as a permanent feature of a capitalist economy driven by technical innovation and conflict over the distribution of income. The book covers the standard topics of supply and demand, market competition, imperfect competition, aggregate demand, inflation, and unemployment. It emphasizes the extraordinary dynamism and material productivity of the capitalist economy; the psychological foundations of human behavior; the logic and limitations of Adam Smith's invisible hand; technical change and the new information-based economy; global economic integration and its impact on national economies; the impact of economic activity on the environment; and inequality both within and among nations. In addition, it provides a critical evaluation of the tenets of neoclassical economics, a clear introduction to contract theory, and material drawn from new research in behavioral, institutional, and information economics. Understanding Capitalism, Third Edition, is ideal for undergraduate courses in economics and political economy. An Instructor's Manual is available to adopters. FEATURES OF THE THIRD EDITION ·Offers a new chapter on the behavioral foundations of economics, showing that the selfishness of the "economic man" leaves out the important role of other social motives and how individual tastes and values evolve in response to experiences ·Includes a new chapter that examines how economic success (and poverty) are passed on from parents to children and also looks at the increasing inequality of income and wealth along lines of race and gender ·Presents a completely revised and expanded treatment of the revolutionary changes that have been associated with capitalism over the past three centuries ·Provides boxed treatments of issues that can serve as the basis of classroom discussions ·Defines important terms in the margins throughout the text ·Contains a section entitled "Sources of Economic Information" that helps readers locate relevant outside data, both in print and online
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consultant researcher author economics educator
Edwards, Richard Clark was born on February 27, 1944 in Minot, North Dakota, United States. Son of Leroy and Winnie May (Burlingame) Edwards.
Bachelor, Grinnell College, 1966. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1972.
Assistant to associate professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1974-1981;
professor economics, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, since 1981;
department chairman, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, since 1984;
president, Institute for Economics Studies, Inc., Amherst, since 1989. Member in social science Institute Advanced Studies, Princeton, New Jersey, 1976-1977;visiting professor U. Siena, Italy, 1983, U. Padua, Italy, 1988. Visiting scholar Institute Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria, 1983.
Member comparable pay study committee NAS, Washington, 1978-1980. Economist National Bureau Economics Research, Cambridge, 1972-1974.
(Understanding Capitalism: Competition, Command, and Chang...)
(For use as a core text or as a supplement to principles o...)
(Segmented Work, Divided Workers presents a restatement an...)
Member school committee Town of Amherst, 1985-1987, 89—.
Married Carolyn Pope, April 4, 1970. Children: Samuel, George, Rebecca.