[Ads-l] Antedating of "Socio-economic"

[Shapiro, Fred]

socio-economic (OED 1883)

1875 William Westgarth _The science of capital & money_ (JSTOR)  The complete surprise caused by the success of these great socio-economic labour movements ... shews how deeply imbued the public mind had been with those prejudging views out which the wages-fund notion arose.


Fred Shapiro

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