Sequential Growth, the Labor-Safety-Valve Doctrine and the Development of American Unionism*

George G. S. Murphy and Arnold Zellner

The Journal of Economic History, 1959, vol. 19, issue 3, 402-421

Abstract: “Let those who will consult the spirit rappers to bring forth its ghost.”Such was Professor Shannon's firm caveat as he laid Frederick Jackson Turner's safety-valve doctrine to rest after a post mortem performed with some gusto. The warning seems to have had the effect intended. Although Turner's frontier concept continues to influence the work of American historians and not a few economists the labor-safety-valve doctrine seems generally to have been accepted as dead and buried. We have little taste for ghosts or spirit rapping, but we would like to argue that die safety-valve doctrine, even if suffering from neglect, retains more than a spark of vitality.

Date: 1959
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