Fred Lee, the Industrial Workers of the World, and Heterodox Economics

John Henry

Review of Radical Political Economics, 2017, vol. 49, issue 1, 148-152

Abstract: A relationship exists between the political orientation and program of the Industrial Workers of the World and the attempt to forge a “heterodox economics.†In past years, such a relationship was best exemplified by the work of Thorstein Veblen. In the current period, the individual best representing this relationship is Fred Lee, a member of the IWW and a leading heterodox economist.

Keywords: IWW; Veblen; heterodox economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B50 B51 J00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0486613416666524

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