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Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
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Routledge
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After more than twenty years of mass unemployment in Britain and throughout much of Europe can the aspiration of "jobs for all" once again become a reality? Working for Full Employment considers the feasibility of full employment in a modern market economy. The book is written by a group of experts who were pivotal in pushing full employment up the political agenda in the mid 1990's. They... Read more
Chapter 1 Looking Forward to Full Employment, John Philpott; Chapter 2 ::, Andrew Britton; Chapter 3 A Price Worth Paying? The Costs of Unemployment, David Piachaud; Chapter 4 ::, Jill Rubery; Chapter 5 Full Employment for Men and Women, Patricia Hewitt; Chapter 6 Why Manufacturing Still Matters, Christine Greenhalgh, Mary Gregory; Chapter 7 ::, Christopher Freeman; Chapter 8 Does Globlization Threaten Low-Skilled Western Workers?, Richard B. Freeman; Chapter 9 Can Economics Solve the Problem of Unemployment?, Paul Ormerod; Chapter 10 Building full Employment without Low Pay, Chris Pond; Chapter 11 Regulation vs Deregulation, David Marsden; Chapter 12 Preventing Long-Term Unemployment, Richard Layard; Chapter 13 Full Employment, Chris Trinder; Chapter 14 Bargaining for Full Employment, William Brown;
Biography
John Philpott is an economist and Director of the Employment Policy Institute. He has written widely on unemployment and labour market policy. His previous publications include Stopping Unemployment.
