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- Out of Work: Unemployment and Government in Twentieth-Century America
- Book
- 1997
- Published by: NYU Press
summary
Argues the cause of unemployment may be the government itself
Redefining the way we think about unemployment in America today, Out of Work offers devastating evidence that the major cause of high unemployment in the United States is the government itself.
Table of Contents
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- Preface to the Updated Edition
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Preface to the First Edition
- pp. xv-xviii
- 1 The Unemployment Century
- pp. 1-12
- 2 Unemployment in Theory
- pp. 13-30
- 4 The Gilded Age
- pp. 53-73
- 5 From New Era to New Deal
- pp. 74-111
- 6 The Banking Crisis and the Labor Market
- pp. 112-127
- 7 The New Deal
- pp. 128-149
- 8 The Impossible Dream Come True
- pp. 150-175
- 9 The Gentle Time
- pp. 176-193
- 10 The Camelot Years
- pp. 194-208
- 11 "Pride Goeth Before a Fall"
- pp. 209-225
- 12 The Winds of Change
- pp. 226-245
- 13 The Natural Rate of Unemployment
- pp. 246-267
- 14 Who Bears the Burden of Unemployment?
- pp. 268-287
- 15 Unemployment and the State
- pp. 288-297
- 16 Afterword
- pp. 298-312
- Appendix A: The Extended Theoretical Model
- pp. 313-322
- Bibliography
- pp. 359-380
- About the Authors
- p. 389
Additional Information
ISBN
9780814788462
Related ISBN(s)
9780814787922
MARC Record
OCLC
906969475
Launched on MUSE
2021-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Copyright
1997