https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/On-Bosses-and-Politics https://booksandideas.net/On-Bosses-and-Politics 2023-06-22T07:12:22Z text/html en François-Xavier Dudouet Society Economy employers companies <p>The voice of businessmen invariably finds itself at the heart of electoral debates. Yet few businessmen remain permanently involved in politics. Between small businessmen and top managers of large firms, world view vary considerably. The only principle that seems to unite them is free enterprise.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Unionization-for-Everyone https://booksandideas.net/Unionization-for-Everyone 2014-05-12T07:30:00Z text/html en Jean Heffer United States of America employers labour equality Florence Gould Foundation <p>Why has the right to workplace representation been historically denied to millions of employees in the United States? In his highly original history of the category of “employee,” Jean-Christian Vinel lays bare the political stakes embedded in this term. In this way, he fills an important gap in the social history of the United States.</p> https://booksandideas.net/How-Should-Executives-Be-Paid https://booksandideas.net/How-Should-Executives-Be-Paid 2012-03-13T10:40:26Z text/html en Claire Célérier Economy wages employers companies Florence Gould Foundation <p>The explosion of executive pay in recent decades in all Western countries has been the object of considerable criticism. But it has also given rise to an important debate among economists. A recent study by <span class="caps">CEPREMAP</span> sums up the various explanations of this phenomenon and suggests some ways in which executive pay could be reformed.</p>