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Unemployment: The European Perspective book cover

1st Edition

Unemployment The European Perspective

Edited By Angus Maddison, Bote S. Wilpstra Copyright 1982
190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge
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First published in 1982. Unemployment was a major scourge of the advanced capitalist countries in the 1930s, but in the golden age of post-war expansion which lasted until 1973, it had seemingly been vanquished by enlightened economic policy. Since 1973, unemployment has re-emerged as a major problem, along with accelerated inflation and problems of structural adjustment imposed by soaring energy... Read more

Foreword;  1. The Unemployment Policy Discussion in the UK in the 1970s M. F. G. Scott Comments on Scott’s Paper Richard Jackman  2. The Unemployment Policy Discussion in Germany in the 1970s Harald Gerfin Comments on Gerfin’s Paper Richard Layard  3. The Dutch Employment Problem in Comparative Perspective Angus Maddison Comments on Maddison’s Paper Jan Pen  4. Do Keynesian Diagnoses and Remedies Need Revision? Deepak Lal Comments on Lal’s Paper Roger Tarling  5. Models or Markets: Two Approaches to Employment Policy Eduard J. Bomhoff Comments on Bomhoff’s Paper Christian de Boissieu  6. The Structuralist Diagnosis and Policy Menu Gerhard Willke Comments on Willke’s Paper J. C. Siebrand Comments on Willke’s Paper Reinhold H. van Til  7. The Profits Squeeze, Unemployment and Policy: A Marxist Approach John Harrison

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Angus Maddison, Bote S. Wilpstra

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