The Job Guarantee Toward True Full Employment

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, Icel

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The Job Guarantee

10.1057/9781137297990 - The Job Guarantee, Edited by Michael J. Murray and Mathew Forstater

10.1057/9781137297990 - The Job Guarantee, Edited by Michael J. Murray and Mathew Forstater

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Toward True Full Employment

EDITED BY MICHAEL J. MURRAY AND MATHEW FORSTATER

10.1057/9781137297990 - The Job Guarantee, Edited by Michael J. Murray and Mathew Forstater

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The Job Guarantee

THE JOB GUARANTEE

Copyright © Michael J. Murray and Mathew Forstater, 2013. All rights reserved.

Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–28610–9 (paperback) ISBN: 978–1–137–28609–3 (hardcover) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The job guarantee : toward true full employment / edited by Michael J. Murray and Mathew Forstater. p. cm. ISBN 978–1–137–28609–3 (alk. paper)— ISBN 978–1–137–28610–9 (alk. paper) 1. Full employment policies. 2. Manpower policy. 3. Employment (Economic theory) 4. Unemployment. I. Murray, Michael J. II. Forstater, Mathew, 1961– HD5713.J63 2013 331.120424—dc23

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List of Figures

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Introduction Michael J. Murray and Mathew Forstater

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1. Rising Job Complexity and the Need for Government Guaranteed Work and Training Jon D. Wisman and Nicholas Reksten 2. Wage Policies

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