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Chapters on Machinery and Labor: III. Machinery and the Displacement of Skill

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Definition of displacement of skill, 112. — The factors determining the amount of displacement, 112. — Rapidity of introduction of the machine, 113. — The mobility of labor within the trade, 117. — Effect of the machine in increasing demand for the product, 121. — The labor-displacing power of the machine, 126. — Extent to which the skill of the handworker is useful in the machine process, 127. — Variety of combination of factors, 132.

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  • George E. Barnett, 1925. "Chapters on Machinery and Labor: III. Machinery and the Displacement of Skill," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 40(1), pages 111-133.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:40:y:1925:i:1:p:111-133.
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