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Liberalism at Work: The Rise and Fall of OSHA
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table of contents
  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. [1] The Political Economy of Workplace Regulation
  10. [2] Before OSHA
  11. [3] The Origins of the OSH Act
  12. [4] The Politics of Deregulation
  13. [5] Labor’s Defense of Social Regulation
  14. [6] The White House Review Programs
  15. [7] OSHA
  16. [8] Regulatory Reform
  17. [9] Conclusion
  18. Notes
  19. Interview Sources
  20. Acronyms
  21. Index

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1.1. Occupational injury and illness rates of manufacturing industries, 1980

2.1. Collective bargaining provisions before 1971

2.2. Department of Labor jurisdiction, 1967

5.1. Job risk by occupation

5.2. Are the costs of regulation worth it?

5.3. Union health and safety staff, 1976 and 1983

5.4. Changes in collective bargaining before and after 1971

6.1. Major regulatory review events

6.2. Regulatory review interventions in OSHA rulemaking

7.1. Major new OSHA health standards

7.2. An overview of OSHA enforcement

7.3. Enforcement by administration

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2.1. Manufacturing work injury rates, 1956-1970

2.2. After-tax corporate profit rate, manufacturing, 1955-1970

6.1. Rate of unemployment, civilian workers, 1965-1984

6.2. Rate of inflation, 1965-1984

6.3. Investment in the U.S. economy, 1965-1984

6.4. Worker health and safety investment in manufacturing, 1972-1983

7.1. OSHA budgets, 1971-1984

7.2. OSHA Staffing, 1971-1984

7.3. Occupational injury rates, 1972-1983

7.4. Injury rate and unemployment, private sector, 1972-1983

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