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The Human Resource Economics of Vernon Briggs

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In the growing search for alternatives to the narrower versions of mainstream economic theory, the author celebrates the work of an earlier institutional economist, Vernon Briggs. Briggs's "human resource economics" draws from a variety of fields and emphasizes the importance of human capital to general prosperity. But Briggs brings a granular analysis to what, in much economic theory, can be a misleading abstraction. His economics is also unabashedly normative-an attempt to tell policymakers how to make the economy work.

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  • Charles Whalen, 2010. "The Human Resource Economics of Vernon Briggs," Challenge, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(3), pages 97-120.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:challe:v:53:y:2010:i:3:p:97-120
    DOI: 10.2753/0577-5132530306
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    1. Vernon M. Briggs, 1987. "Human Resource Development and the Formulation of National Economic Policy," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(3), pages 1207-1240, September.
    2. John T. Dunlop, 1977. "Industrial Relations, Labor Economics, and Policy Decisions," Challenge, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(2), pages 6-12, May.
    3. John T. Dunlop, 1977. "Policy Decisions and Research in Economics and Industrial Relations," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 30(3), pages 275-282, April.
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