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Special Issue on: The Challenge of Full Employment in the Global Economy Editorial Introduction

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  • Helen Lachs Ginsburg

    (Brooklyn College, City UniversIy of New York)

  • June Zaccone

    (Hofstra University)

  • Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg

    (Adelphi University School of Social Work)

  • Sheila D. Collins

    (William Paterson College)

  • Sumner M. Rosen

    (Columbia Universiy School of Social Work)

Abstract

Low unemployment and commitment to full employment were widespread after the Second World War. Today, there is mass unemployment and weak commitment to-full employment, which is still necessary and attainable. This article discusses divergent concepts of full employment, its history and the impact of the global economy. We dispel the notion that Europe's high unemployment is due to labor market rigidity, that the US model is a good alternative and that technology has made work obsolete. Unemployment, both morally unacceptable and economically irrational, weakens welfare states. The global economy makes attaining full employment more difficult but not impossible. Political and economic strategies, needed at both national and international levels, are suggested, along with possible actions by intellectuals.

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  • Helen Lachs Ginsburg & June Zaccone & Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg & Sheila D. Collins & Sumner M. Rosen, 1997. "Special Issue on: The Challenge of Full Employment in the Global Economy Editorial Introduction," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 18(1), pages 5-34, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:18:y:1997:i:1:p:5-34
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X97181001
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