The job guarantee : toward true full employment

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The job guarantee : toward true full employment

edited by Michael J. Murray and Mathew Forstater

Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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This timely collection will be the first of its kind to focus on the practical application of the government job guarantee (JG) for both developed and developing economies. Global case studies include: United States, China, Ghana, Argentina, Ireland, Iceland, and India.

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Introduction Michael J. Murray and Mathew Forstater 1. Rising Job Complexity and the Need for Government Guaranteed Work and Training Jon D. Wisman and Nicholas Reksten 2. Wage Policies and Funding Strategies for Job Guarantee Programs Philip Harvey 3. The Low Cost of Full Employment in the United States Fadhel Kaboub 4. The Costs and Benefits of a Job Guarantee: Estimates from a Multicountry Econometric Model Scott T. Fullwiler 5. Effective Demand, Technological Change, and the Job Guarantee Program Michael J. Murray 6. Transformational Growth, Endogenous Demand, and a Developmental ELR Program Edward J. Nell and George Argyrous 7. The Euro Crisis and the Job Guarantee: A Proposal for Ireland L. Randall Wray

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