Career
One of the most prolific social scientists of the postwar period, Freeman has published over 300 articles on a wide range of subjects including global labor standards, the scientific workforce, the economics of crime, how the internet is transforming labor movements, and historical spurts in the growth of labor unions. He has delivered the Clarendon Lectures at Oxford University (1994), the Lionel Robbins Lecture at LSE (1999), the Luigi Einauidi Lecture at Cornell University (2002), and the Okun Lectures at Yale University (2003). His books include America Works (2007) Can Labor Standards Improve Under Globalization? (2003), What Workers Want (1999), What Do Unions Do? (1984), Labor Economics (1979), The Overeducated American (1976), The Black Elite: The New Market for Highly Educated Black Americans (1976), and The Market for College Trained Manpower (1971). Freeman appeared on The Colbert Report in early 2008.
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