The Political Economy of Full Employment

Product Description This timely volume features essays from an international group of economists which address issues relating to the objective of securing full employment. The contributors adopt a politicP>As well as offering a detailed empirical investigation of the unemployment experience in advanced countries, the book makes a critical evaluation of New Right economic policy making in the UK and the US, and examines the main international and domestic obstacles to the achievement of full employment, the prospects for job creation in the UK, and the impact of technological change. Review ’This is a collection of good papers addressing one of the compelling issues of our time.’ About the Author Edited by Philip Arestis, University Director of Research, Cambridge Centre for Economic and Public Policy, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge and Fellow, Wolfson College, UK and Mike Marshall, former Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of East London, UK