Ben Fine is a mathematician and professor at Fairfield University in Connecticut in the United States. He is a graduate of the MFA program at Fairfield University and is the author of fifteen books (twelve in mathematics, one on chess, one a political thriller and one a swashbuckler about pirates) as well over 130 research articles, fifteen short stories and a novella about pirates. His story August 18, 1969, published in the Green Silk Journal, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His story From the Dambovitsa to Coney Island was an honorable mention winner in the Glimmer Train Literary Contest. His story The Schuyler Diamonds won first place in the Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Awards in the Mystery/Crime Category. His story My Mother, God, and the Big Blue Ford, published in Green Silk Journal, won Honorable Mention in the 45th New Millennium Writing Awards. He has completed a memoir told in interwoven stories called Tales from Brighton Beach: A Boy Grows in Brooklyn. The stories detail his growing up in Brighton Beach, a seaside neighborhood on the southern tip of Brooklyn, during the 1950s and 1960s. Brighton Beach was unique and set apart from the rest of New York City, both in character and in time. His latest novel, Out of Granada, was released in 2017. His author website is [...]

Part 1 The state of play; Chapter 1 Introduction and overview; Part 2 Critical assessments; Chapter 2 The macroeconomics of labour markets; Chapter 3 Human capital theory; Chapter 4 Flexibility and institutions in labour markets; Part 3 Segmented labour market theory; Chapter 5 From dual to segmented labour markets; Chapter 6 Neoclassical colonisation; Chapter 7 Towards a Marxist alternative; Part 4 From theory to policy; Chapter 8 Comparable worth; Chapter 9 Minimum wages; Part 5 The forward march of labour market theory halted?; Chapter 10 The specificity of labour;