Charles Brown is Professor of Economics and Research Scientist at the University of Michigan. James T. Hamilton is Hearst Professor of Communication at Stanford University. James Medoff is Professor of Economics, Harvard University.

There is nothing more inconvenient and more useful than the book that takes the reader through popular and banal rhetoric to undoubted reality. By attacking and dissolving the popular mythology of the small entrepreneur and the supposed threat of big business, that is precisely what this book does, and with a lucid display of evidence that no one can escape.

• 1. Images of Large and Small Employers 2. The Economic Backdrop 3. Generating New Jobs 4. Wages: Bigger Means More 5. Who Benefits? 6. The Total Package 7. Employer Size and Unions 8. Political Resources 9. Small Influence 10. A Fuller Picture Notes References Index

Charles Brown is Professor of Economics and Research Scientist at the University of Michigan. James T. Hamilton is Hearst Professor of Communication at Stanford University. James Medoff is Professor of Economics, Harvard University.

There is nothing more inconvenient and more useful than the book that takes the reader through popular and banal rhetoric to undoubted reality. By attacking and dissolving the popular mythology of the small entrepreneur and the supposed threat of big business, that is precisely what this book does, and with a lucid display of evidence that no one can escape.

• 1. Images of Large and Small Employers 2. The Economic Backdrop 3. Generating New Jobs 4. Wages: Bigger Means More 5. Who Benefits? 6. The Total Package 7. Employer Size and Unions 8. Political Resources 9. Small Influence 10. A Fuller Picture Notes References Index

Charles Brown is Professor of Economics and Research Scientist at the University of Michigan. James T. Hamilton is Hearst Professor of Communication at Stanford University. James Medoff is Professor of Economics, Harvard University.

There is nothing more inconvenient and more useful than the book that takes the reader through popular and banal rhetoric to undoubted reality. By attacking and dissolving the popular mythology of the small entrepreneur and the supposed threat of big business, that is precisely what this book does, and with a lucid display of evidence that no one can escape.

• 1. Images of Large and Small Employers 2. The Economic Backdrop 3. Generating New Jobs 4. Wages: Bigger Means More 5. Who Benefits? 6. The Total Package 7. Employer Size and Unions 8. Political Resources 9. Small Influence 10. A Fuller Picture Notes References Index