Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how the social question, die soziale Frage, is treated in the periodical literature of English language economics. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines every reference to the question in the most important English language...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how the social question, die soziale Frage , is treated in the periodical literature of English language economics. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines every reference to the question in the most important English language...