Unemployment: The European Perspective
Unemployment: The European Perspective discusses unemployment as a major debacle that has re-emerged along with accelerated inflation and problems of structural adjustments. This has led to various theoretical controversies that analyze the policy issues and academic debates from a comparative perspective. This book contains three comparative papers on the employment policy discussions in Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. The authors also examine the theoretical adequacy of Keynesian, monetarist, structuralist, and Marxist reactions to the new issues.
Table of Contents
1. The Unemployment Policy Discussion in the UK in the 1970s M. F. G. Scott Comments on Scott's Paper Richard Jackman
2. The Unemployment Policy Discussion in Germany in the 1970s Harald Gerfin Comments on Gerfin's Paper Richard Layard
3. The Dutch Employment Problem in Comparative Perspective Angus Maddison Comments on Maddison's Paper Jan Pen
4. Do Keynesian Diagnoses and Remedies Need Revision? Deepak Lal Comments on Lal's Paper Roger Tarling
5. Models or Markets: Two Approaches to Employment Policy Eduard J. Bomhoff Comments on Bomhoff's Paper Christian de Boissieu
6. The Structuralist Diagnosis and Policy Menu Gerhard Willke Comments on Willke's Paper J. C. Siebrand Comments on Willke's Paper Reinhold H. van Til
7. The Profits Squeeze, Unemployment, and Policy: A Marxist Approach John Harrison