In Back to Full Employment, a short new book
written for general readers, PERI Co-Director Robert Pollin advances a
progressive agenda for overcoming the employment crisis in the U.S.
today, and for creating a sustainable full employment economy over the
long run. The book addresses the issues of government deficits, Federal
Reserve policy, and the inflation/unemployment trade-off; the pressures
from globalization, immigration and international trade; and the
imperative of building a green economy. Pollin also discusses
alternative theories of mass unemployment, including those of Marx,
Keynes, Friedman and Kalecki. He argues that the biggest obstacle to
creating a full-employment economy are political, not technical. Ending
the prevailing neoliberal opposition to full employment will require an
epoch-defining reallocation of power away from big business and Wall
Street and toward the middle class, working people, and the poor, while
mounting a strong defense of the environment.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1The Centrality of Full Employment
Chapter 2
Is Full Employment Possible Under Capitalism?
Chapter 3
Globalization, Immigration, and Trade
Chapter 4
Digging Out of Recession
Chapter 5
Building a Sustainable Full Employment Economy
Chapter 6
If Not Now, When?
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