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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812838303321

Autore

Stricker Frank

Titolo

American unemployment : past, present, and future / / Frank Stricker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2021

ISBN

0-252-05203-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 267 pages)

Collana

Illinois scholarship online

Disciplina

331.137973

Soggetti

Unemployment - United States - History

United States Economic conditions

United States Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: History Lessons: 1873-20181 Discipline for the Unemployed Laissez-Faire for Business (1873-1920)2 The Twenties and the Thirties: Boom, Bust, and New Deal3 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, Remedies6 The U.S. Unemployment Rate: Development and Debate7 Why So Much Unemployment? 8 Real Full Employment: Where Capital Fails, How Government Can Succeed Notes Index Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

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, and popular myths to set the record straight: Workers do not normally choose to be unemployed.