Overview

The concepts and theories surrounding the economics of unemployment have multiplied and evolved over the course of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. This book is an essential companion for all interested in understanding more about past debates and current issues in the economics of unemployment.

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Author:   John McCombie ,  John McCombie
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.465kg
ISBN:  

9780230202443

ISBN 10:   0230202446
Pages:   255
Publication Date:   27 November 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; P.Arestis and J.McCombie Kalecki on the Causes of Unemployment and Policies to Achieve Full Employment; M.Sawyer The Relevance of Keynes Today with Particular Reference to Unemployment in Rich and Poor Countries; A.P.Thirlwall Keynesian Involuntary Unemployment and Modern Macroeconomics; J.Trevithick Growth and Unemployment in an Extended Kaldorian Model; M.Roberts Monetary Policy, Wage Bargaining, Inflation and Employment in a Post-Keynesian Alternative to the New Consensus Model; E.Hein and E.Stockhammer The 'Unemployment Bias' of the New Consensus View of Macroeconomics; G.Fontana Unemployment and the Natural Interest Rate in a Neo-Wicksellian Model; P.Arestis and E.Karakitsos Is Inflation Targeting the Enemy of Employment Targeting?; M.Setterfield Labour Market Search and Monetary Shocks: A Theoretical Consideration; J.Chadha

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JAGJIT CHADHA Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Kent, UK GIUSEPPE FONTANA Professor of Monetary Economics, Leeds University Business School, UK ECKHARD HEIN Senior Researcher, Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK), Hans Boeckler Foundation, Duesseldorf, Germany; Visiting Professor, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany ELIAS KARAKITSOS Global Economic Research MARK ROBERTS University of Cambridge, UK MALCOLM SAWYER Pro-Dean for Learning and Teaching and Professor of Economics, Leeds University Business School, UK MARK SETTERFIELD Department of Economics, Trinity College, USA ENGELBERT STOCKHAMMER Department of Economics, Vienna University of Economics& Business Administration, Austria A.P. THIRLWALL Professor of Applied Economics, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK JAMES TREVITHICK Director of Studies, King's College, Cambridge, UK

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