Volume 30, Number 11 · June 30, 1983
Where Have the Jobs Gone?
By Andrew Hacker
How We Live: An Economic Perspective on Americans from Birth to Death
by Victor R. Fuchs
Harvard University Press, 293 pp., $17.50
Ending Unemployment: Alternatives for Public Policy
by Melvin R. Levin
Urban Studies/Community Planning Program, University of Maryland, 398 pp., $12.00
Money Income of Households, Families, and Persons in the United States: 1981 137 (March 1983)
Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-60, no.
US, Government Printing Office, 246 pp., $7.50
Employment and Earnings (January 1983)
US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, vol. 30, no. 1
212 pp., $6.00
Not so many years ago, 'full employment' was regarded as a realistic goal. If certain policies were pursued, all who so desired could have steady work at decent pay. Needless to say, there were disagreements on how to achieve that aim. Conservatives asked that the economy be freed to flourish on its own; given such a climate, private businesses and investors would create sufficient jobs. Liberals and those further to the left were less sanguine on this score. They believed that the government must intervene in the economy: not merely when times were bad, but to plan for full employment as a goal for the future.
Review, 5705 words
To read the full text of this piece, please choose one of the following options:
|
If you are already a subscriber to the Review's electronic edition, please sign in: |
To subscribe to the electronic edition, please press the button below. |
To purchase access to this article for $3, please press the button below. |