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The evolution of fair labor standards:
a study in class conflict
Horst Brand
Economist, Office of Productivity and Technology, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Using a rigorous, quantitative approach, one scholar tracks the growth of legislation designed to guarantee U.S. workers fair pay and hours of work, finding in these laws a history of attempts to balance the social power of labor and capital.
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