What's behind the rise in profitability in the US in the 1980s and 1990s?

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 479-499

  Wolff, Edward N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Labour productivity; Profits; Surplus value; Wages

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; NATIONAL ECONOMY; PROFITABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0043269790     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/27.4.479     Document Type: Article

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