1st Edition

The Road to Full Employment

Edited By Sean Glynn, Alan Booth Copyright 1987
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1987. This volume explores the inter-war unemployment problem and the development of economic and social policy in relation to that problem. Contemporary policies and levels of unemployment can only be compared with the inter-war period and in recent years economists and other commentators have increasingly turned their attention to the 1930s. This book is written by a group... Read more

Introduction Sean Glynn and Alan BoothPart One: The Nature of the Problem;  1. The Scale and Nature of the Problem Sean Glynn  2. The Social Consequences of Interwar Unemployment Noel Whiteside  3. Systems of Interwar Unemployment Relief Alan Deacon  4. Unemployment and Interwar Politics Alan Booth  5. Unemployment and Real Wages Forrest Capie  6. The Real Wage Debate and British Interwar Unemployment W. R. Garside  7. The Outlines of a Keynesian Solution T. J. HattonPart Two: The Policy Debate;  8. Keynes G. C. Peden  9. Treasury Policy on Unemployment Roger Middleton  10. Industrial Policy M. W. Kirby  11. Labour Policy Rodney Lowe  12. Real Policy Options Sean Glynn  13. The War and the White Paper Alan Booth;  Notes on Contributors;  Bibliography;  Index

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Sean Glynn, Alan Booth