L

L (E4)

A measure of the US money supply consisting of M3 + non-bank public holdings of US savings bonds + short-term treasury securities + commercial paper + bankers’ acceptances (net of money mutual market fund holdings of these assets).

Labor Management Relations Act 1947 (J5)

see Taft–Hartley Act

Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act 1959 (J5)

see Landrum– Griffin Act 1959

labor union (J5)

see trade union; US labor union

labour (J0)

A FACTOR OF PRODUCTION consisting of the effort and time of human beings engaged in the production of goods or services. The notions of HUMAN CAPITAL and ECONOMIC RENT blur the distinction between this factor and the others, CAPITAL and LAND.

See also: forced labour; labour supply

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