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According to J.R. Hicks (1932), "The classical statement of the theory of 
'hours' in a free market is to be found in Sir Sydney Chapman's article, 
'Hours of Labour.'" 
 
According to Chris Nyland's 1989 _Reduced worktime and the mangement of 
production_, S.J. Chapman's classical statement was just ignored by 
post-war 
neo-classical economics. Checking JSTOR, SSCI and EconLit confirms that 
post-war references to Chapman in the literature are few and insubstantial, 
even though for example, Chapman's analysis would directly challenge 
Feldstein's offhand "certainly seems no reason for assuming" argumentation 
in his 1967 "Specifications of the labour input in the aggregate production 
function," (subsequently cited in Ehrenberg's textbook as 'authoritative'). 
 
Did a *classical statement of theory* on what at one time was a major 
economic question just evaporate into thin air without even having been 
refuted by argument? 
 
regards, 
 
Tom Walker 
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/covenant.htm 
 
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