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We Usually Have Too Much Unemployment, Even in Good Times We Usually Have Too Much Unemployment, Even in Good Times
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The Unemployed Are Lazy, and They Are Too Picky The Unemployed Are Lazy, and They Are Too Picky
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Not Lazy, but Untrained: The Skills Argument Not Lazy, but Untrained: The Skills Argument
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A Disproportionate Share of Total Unemployment Goes to African Americans A Disproportionate Share of Total Unemployment Goes to African Americans
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Does Heavy Immigration Cause More Total Unemployment? Does Heavy Immigration Cause More Total Unemployment?
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Does Globalization Cause Unemployment? Does Globalization Cause Unemployment?
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Are Robots Destroying Jobs and Raising Unemployment Rates? Are Robots Destroying Jobs and Raising Unemployment Rates?
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Do High Wages Cause More Unemployment and Fewer Jobs? Do High Wages Cause More Unemployment and Fewer Jobs?
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Do Higher Taxes Mean Fewer Jobs and Tax Cuts More Jobs? Do Higher Taxes Mean Fewer Jobs and Tax Cuts More Jobs?
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Do We Have Too Much Unemployment Because Government Interferes with Markets in its Efforts to Fight Depressions and to Provide Worker Protection Programs? Do We Have Too Much Unemployment Because Government Interferes with Markets in its Efforts to Fight Depressions and to Provide Worker Protection Programs?
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If Government Can Be Effective, Why Aren’t Americans Closer to Full Employment? If Government Can Be Effective, Why Aren’t Americans Closer to Full Employment?
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A Mini-History of Resistance to Full Employment A Mini-History of Resistance to Full Employment
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Abstract
The chapter sifts through common explanations for excessive unemployment: the unemployed are too lazy and too picky; untrained and unskilled, they are undesirable hires; employers discriminate against African Americans and other minorities; immigrants take all the jobs; as part of globalization, employers have sent many jobs abroad; robots take too many jobs; high wages mean that some employers cannot afford to hire; high taxes limit the money employers have for hiring. Some of these factors contribute to more unemployment in the whole economy and for special groups. But the chapter concludes that the decisive reasons why the United States rarely has full employment are found in the way unregulated capitalism thrives on a labor surplus, and in business leaders, conservative and neoliberal politicians, and economists who resist government job creation programs.
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