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Some of the learning that went into American Unemployment occurred over several decades. I was not trained as an economist, but I began paying attention to the U.S. economy in the 1970s and 1980s. The people in the Los Angeles chapter of the New American Movement (NAM) in the early 1970s taught me much, and I learned more in the Westcoast Association of Marxist Historians (WAMH) in the early 1980s. An offshoot of WAMH was a research group whose members shared drafts of articles and chapters for critical evaluation. These colleagues read every chapter of my book, and sometimes more than once. They include Craig Loftin, Steve Ross, Nancy Fitch, Leila Zenderland, Bob Slayton, Jan Reiff, Hal Baron, Becky Nicolaides, and Tobie Higbie.

In recent years, the organization that has most shaped my understanding of unemployment is the National Jobs for All Network (formerly the National Jobs for All Coalition). I was moving toward NJFAC’s position on the importance of hidden unemployment when I published my first book, Why America Lost the War on Poverty—and How to Win It. As I contacted people about the poverty book, Sheila Collins suggested that I become a member of NJFAC. She was right. I joined and have worked in the coalition for a decade now. Many individuals in the organization have helped me think about the subjects of my book. I cannot name them all but they include June Zaccone, who creates NJFAN’s monthly alternative unemployment rate; Trudy Goldberg, who read chapters and was always supportive; Logan Martinez, the lead organizer; Helen Ginsburg, who read chapters, gave me insights into organizations that preceded NJFAC, and supplied several sources; and, finally, a group that included William Darity Jr. and involved an online discussion of definitions of full employment.

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