John R. Commons's “Five Big Years”

Economics should be built upon a sociological foundation, believed John R. Commons. While pursuing this conviction his chair in sociology was terminated in 1899. From then until 1904, exiled from academia, he investigated afield for the U.S. Industrial Commission and the U.S. Bureau of Labor and participated in the National Civic Federation, amassing first–hand knowledge of conflict resolution arranged by capitalists’“combinations” and by labor unions’ bargaining with employers. These experiences inspired ideas concerning sociology and economics and beliefs that public policy should turn away from antitrust law and instead attempt to create counterbalancing power in the economic system. He published his ideas in various journals and magazines, and in nearly three dozen unsigned editorials in The Independent . This essay critically examines his thought during this period that he brought with him when he began the work based in Wisconsin that would carry him to fame

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• Anti-Semitism and Progressive Era Social Science

  Open Access•Luca Fiorito, Cosma Orsi•Journal of the History of…•2016

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• Conflict Resolution

  Philippe Broda•Journal of Economic Issues•2013

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• Racisme scientifique et « race » chez John Rogers Commons

  Open Access•Benjamin Dubrion•OEconomia•2021

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• John R. Commons, penseur du travail

  Benjamin Dubrion•Revue économique•2021

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• John R. Commons and the Wisconsin School on Industrial Relations Strategy and Policy

  Bruce E Kaufman•Industrial and Labor Relations…•2003

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• Religion and Evolution in Progressive Era Political Economy

  Thomas C Leonard•History of Political Economy•2011

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• A Worker's Economist

  Malcolm Rutherford•History of Political Economy•2018

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• An introduction to political economy

  Richard Theodore Ely•An introduction to political…•1889

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• Samuel Gompers

  Howard H Quint, Bernard Mandel•The American Historical Review•1967

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• Samuel Gompers

  Open Access•Kendall Birr, Florence Calvert Thorne•American Quarterly•1958

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• The National Civic Federation and the American Labor Movement, 1900-1925

  James O Morris, Marguerite Green•Industrial and Labor Relations…•1957

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