Readership: Policy analysts, researchers, and students of business, economics, business and social policy
Edited by Jonathan Michie, Professor of Management and Business Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London, and John Grieve Smith, Fellow, Robinson College, Cambridge
"All the chapters reach a high standard." - Labour Research
"This is a collection of papers which presents valuable and original contributions to the current policy debate on balancing employment levels, inflation and trade union power with acceptable economic growth." - Aslib Book Guide
Brian Reddaway: Foreword Jonathan Michie: Introduction Part I: Global Lessons and Prospects 1.: Ajit Singh: Liberalization and Globalization: An unhealthy euphoria 2.: Robert Pollin and Elizabeth Zahrt: Expansionary Policy for Full Employment in the United States: Retrospective on the 1960s and current period prospects 3.: John Eatwell: Effective Demand and Disguised Unemployment Part II: Unemployment and Inequality 4.: Roger Tarling and Frank Wilkinson: Economic Functioning, Self-Sufficiency, and Full Employment 5.: Brian Henry and Kevin Lee: Unemployment, Wage Dispersion, and Labour Market Flexibility 6.: Simon Deakin and Keith Ewing: Inflation, Economic Performance, and Employment Rights Part III: Pay and Employment Strategies 7.: Peter Robinson: Is there a Pay Problem? 8.: Geoff Harcourt: Economic Policy, Accumulation, and Productivity 9.: John Grieve Smith: Devising a Strategy for Pay Part IV: Policies for Full Employment 10.: Andrew Glyn: Paying for Job Creation 11.: Michael Kitson, Jonathan Michie, and Holly Sutherland: A Price Well Worth Paying?: The benefits of a full employment strategy Index
