Portrait of Herbert Feis

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Herbert Feis

An American economist, government adviser and historian whose early work studied wages and industrial conflict before his later diplomatic histories.

Life and context

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  1. 1893

    Born in United States.

  2. 1921

    The Settlement of Wage Disputes published.

  3. 1972

    End of the author’s recorded life.

Recurring concerns

Themes and style

  • wages
  • industrial peace
  • prices
  • collective bargaining

Measured academic prose that builds policy arguments from definitions, competing principles and institutional constraints.

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Works by Herbert Feis

1 work in the Linden collection.

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