Economic growth and the high wage economy : choices, constraints and opportunities in the market economy / Morris Altman.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [280]-303) and index.

Free to choose or prisoner of market forces: an introduction to high wage growth -- Introducing X-efficiency theory, rational inefficiency and the political economy of the golden rule -- A behavioral-institutional model of endogenous growth and induced technical change -- Why increasing income inequality is not necessary to economic prosperity -- A behavioral model of path dependency -- Culture as determinant of material welfare -- Sen's capabilities approach and growing economic welfare -- Economic growth, "globalization", and labor power -- Staple theory and export-led growth: constructing differential growth -- Economic freedom and economic growth and development -- A theory of induced institutional change -- Why high wages don't cause unemployment -- When wants are insatiable: a target income theory of labor supply -- Why unemployment insurance can increase economic efficiency.