A Programme For Full Employment In The 1990s

Author : Kreisky Commission on Employment Issues in Europe
Publisher : Pergamon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Programme for Full Employment in the 1990s written by Kreisky Commission on Employment Issues in Europe and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 1989 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the 1980s Europe has experienced the problem of mass unemployment, with 20 million Europeans - more than 10% of the labour force - out of work. Faced with the prospect of this trend continuing into the 1990s, the Commission on Employment Issues in Europe, under the direction of the former Austrian chancellor, Bruno Kreisky, was set up in 1986 to investigate the problem and offer possible solutions. The result is A Programme for Full Employment in the 1990s , the work of over 80 of Europe's leading public figures. Central to the Commission's report is the premise that unemployment is as much a political as an economic phenomenon: persistently high levels of unemployment may lead to political defeatism and social apathy, but this does not mean that the problem is either inevitable or acceptable. The Commission outlines a Six-Point Plan for co-ordinated European expansion, an aggressive new strategy for economic growth and job creation which aims at qualitative as well as quantitative development. The perceived problems of such rapid economic growth would be offset by channelling resources into a variety of job creation schemes, which would also benefit Europe as a whole, including: new approaches to environmental protection; the development of better transport and telecommunications links; urban renewal and improved housing; the expansion of cultural and education programmes; training and research into the new technologies, and increased levels of aid to developing countries. This radical call for cooperation between European governments to take positive action to tackle the unemployment crisis is a forceful response to one of the major problems facing Europe today.

Author : Robert Pollin
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262017571
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Back to Full Employment written by Robert Pollin and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economist Robert Pollin argues that the United States needs to try to implement full employment and how it can help the economy.

Author : Alan B. Krueger
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610443411
Total Pages : 639 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Roaring Nineties written by Alan B. Krueger and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2002-01-17 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The positive social benefits of low unemployment are many—it helps to reduce poverty and crime and fosters more stable families and communities. Yet conventional wisdom—born of the stagflation of the 1970s—holds that sustained low unemployment rates run the risk of triggering inflation. The last five years of the 1990s—in which unemployment plummeted and inflation remained low—called this conventional wisdom into question. The Roaring Nineties provides a thorough review of the exceptional economic performance of the late 1990s and asks whether it was due to a lucky combination of economic circumstances or whether the new economy has somehow wrought a lasting change in the inflation-safe rate of unemployment. Led by distinguished economists Alan Krueger and Robert Solow, a roster of twenty-six respected economic experts analyzes the micro- and macroeconomic factors that led to the unexpected coupling of low unemployment and low inflation. The more macroeconomically oriented chapters clearly point to a reduction in the inflation-safe rate of unemployment. Laurence Ball and Robert Moffitt see the slow adjustment of workers' wage aspirations in the wake of rising productivity as a key factor in keeping inflation at bay. And Alan Blinder and Janet Yellen credit sound monetary policy by the Federal Reserve Board with making the best of fortunate circumstances, such as lower energy costs, a strong dollar, and a booming stock market. Other chapters in The Roaring Nineties examine how the interaction between macroeconomic and labor market conditions helped sustain high employment growth and low inflation. Giuseppe Bertola, Francine Blau, and Lawrence M. Kahn demonstrate how greater flexibility in the U.S. labor market generated more jobs in this country than in Europe, but at the expense of greater earnings inequality. David Ellwood examines the burgeoning shortage of skilled workers, and suggests policies—such as tax credits for businesses that provide on-the-job-training—to address the problem. And James Hines, Hilary Hoynes, and Alan Krueger elaborate the benefits of sustained low unemployment, including budget surpluses that can finance public infrastructure and social welfare benefits—a perspective often lost in the concern over higher inflation rates. While none of these analyses promise that the good times of the 1990s will last forever, The Roaring Nineties provides a unique analysis of recent economic history, demonstrating how the nation capitalized on a lucky confluence of economic factors, helping to create the longest peacetime boom in American history. Copublished with The Century Foundation

Author : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher : Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; [Washington, D.C. : OECD Publications and Information Centre
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Labour Market Policies for the 1990s written by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and published by Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; [Washington, D.C. : OECD Publications and Information Centre. This book was released on 1990 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Grieve Smith
Publisher : Institute for Public Policy Research
ISBN 13 : 9781872452487
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Full Employment in the 1990s written by John Grieve Smith and published by Institute for Public Policy Research. This book was released on 1992 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard L. Siegel
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812232110
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Employment and Human Rights written by Richard L. Siegel and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intellectual history is placed in the broadest possible contexts of economic, political, and social contexts.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The 1990 Annual Meeting written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monthly Labor Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews

Author : A. S. Bhalla
Publisher : International Labour Organization
ISBN 13 : 9789221082507
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environment, Employment and Development written by A. S. Bhalla and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 1992 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the employment implications of sustainable development, especially for developing countries, and reviews current approaches to minimizing environmental degradation. Spectacular economic growth since 1945, based largely on technological advance, has entailed major environmental costs which, this book claims, cannot be sustained, except at the risk of our own survival.

Author : J. Smith
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230372384
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Full Employment: A Pledge Betrayed written by J. Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 1997-02-14 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Grieve Smith traces the origins of postwar full employment policies in the experience of the interwar years and the work of Keynes and Beveridge. He reviews the successful achievement of full employment after the war and its subsequent abandonment as the Keynesian consensus gave way to the new, monetarist-inspired, orthodoxy. The book puts forward alternative proposals for expansionary policies, and for international financial reform. It is written throughout in terms accessible to both the layperson and the expert.