02417nam 2200469 450 991079403510332120220927160845.00-252-05203-X(CKB)4100000011255076(OCoLC)1128890643(MdBmJHUP)muse84160(MiAaPQ)EBC6207761(StDuBDS)EDZ0002387804(EXLCZ)99410000001125507620191212e20212020 fy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerican unemployment past, present, and future /Frank StrickerUrbana :University of Illinois Press,2021.1 online resource (x, 267 pages)Illinois scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2020.0-252-04315-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 CoverThe 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.Illinois scholarship online.UnemploymentUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesEconomic conditionsUnited StatesSocial conditionsUnemploymentHistory.331.137973Stricker Frank1468494StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910794035103321American unemployment3679751UNINA