Chapter XXXIII: Part III: Trade Union Theory

CHAP.

I. THE VERDICT OF THE ECONOMISTS.

II. THE HIGGLING OF THE MARKET.

III. THE ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF TRADE UNIONISM.

(_a_) THE DEVICE OF RESTRICTION OF NUMBERS.

(_b_) THE DEVICE OF THE COMMON RULE.

(_c_) THE EFFECT OF THE SECTIONAL APPLICATION OF THE
COMMON RULE ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF INDUSTRY.

(_d_) PARASITIC TRADES.

(_e_) THE NATIONAL MINIMUM.

(_f_) THE UNEMPLOYABLE.

(_g_) SUMMARY OF THE ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
DEVICE OF THE COMMON RULE.

(_h_) TRADE UNION METHODS.

IV. TRADE UNIONISM AND DEMOCRACY.

APPENDICES

THE LEGAL POSITION OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN ENGLAND--THE BEARING OF INDUSTRIAL PARASITISM AND THE POLICY OF A NATIONAL MINIMUM ON THE FREE TRADE CONTROVERSY--SOME STATISTICS BEARING ON THE RELATIVE MOVEMENTS OF THE MARRIAGE AND BIRTH-RATES, PAUPERISM, WAGES, AND THE PRICE OF WHEAT--A SUPPLEMENT TO THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TRADE UNIONISM.

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