American unemployment past, present, and future
"The history of unemployment and many concepts surrounding it remain a mystery to many Americans. Frank Stricker believes we need to understand this essential thread in our shared past. American Unemployment is an introduction for everyone that takes aim at misinformation, willful deceptions, a...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press
[2020]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b45013317*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: History Lessons: 1873-2018
- 1 Discipline for the Unemployed
- Laissez-Faire for Business (1873-1920)
- 2 The Twenties and the Thirties: Boom, Bust, and New Deal
- 3 Full Employment: Experiments and Battles (1940-1974)
- 4 Low Unemployment + Low Inflation: Can't Be Done, Is Done (1975-2000)
- 5 Low Pay, Great Recession (2001-2018)
- Part II: Real Numbers, Explanations, Remedies
- 6 The U.S. Unemployment Rate: Development and Debate
- 7 Why So Much Unemployment?
- 8 Real Full Employment: Where Capital Fails, How Government Can Succeed
- Notes
- Index
- Back Cover.
