Full Employment in a Free Society (Works of William H. Beveridge)

A Report

William H. Beveridge (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

442 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-83037-0 (ISBN)

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Beveridge defined full employment as a state where there are slightly more vacant jobs than there are available workers, or not more than 3% of the total workforce. This book discusses how this goal might be achieved, beginning with the thesis that because individual employers are not capable of creating full employment, it must be the responsibility of the state. Beveridge claimed that the upward pressure on wages, due to the increased bargaining strength of labour, would be eased by rising productivity, and kept in check by a system of wage arbitration. The cooperation of workers would be secured by the common interest in the ideal of full employment. Alternative measures for achieving full employment included Keynesian-style fiscal regulation, direct control of manpower, and state control of the means of production. The impetus behind Beveridge's thinking was social justice and the creation of an ideal new society after the war.

The book was written in the context of an economy which would have to transfer from wartime direction to peace time. It was then updated in 1960, following a decade where the average unemployment rate in Britain was in fact nearly 1.5%.

William H. Beveridge

Part 1: Introduction and Summary Part 2: Unemployment in Peace Part 3: Full Employment in War Part 4: A Full Employment Policy for Peace Part 5: Internal Implications of Full Employment Part 6: International Implications of Full Employment Part 7: Full Employment and Social Conscience

Erscheinungsdatum	07.03.2022
Reihe/Serie	The Works of William H. Beveridge
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	521 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-138-83037-2 / 1138830372
ISBN-13	978-1-138-83037-0 / 9781138830370
Zustand	Neuware