The Case for a Job Guarantee

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Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2020-07-07
Publisher(s): Polity
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Summary

One of the most enduring ideas in economics is that unemployment is both unavoidable and necessary for the smooth functioning of the economy. This assumption has provided cover for the devastating social and economic costs of job insecurity. It is also false. 
 
In this book, leading expert Pavlina R. Tcherneva challenges us to imagine a world where the phantom of unemployment is banished and anyone who seeks decent, living-wage work can find it - guaranteed. This is the aim of the Job Guarantee proposal: to provide a voluntary employment opportunity in public service to anyone who needs it. Tcherneva enumerates the many advantages of the Job Guarantee over the status quo and proposes a blueprint for its implementation within the wider context of the need for a Green New Deal.
 
This compact primer is the ultimate guide to the benefits of one of the most transformative public policies being discussed today. It is essential reading for all citizens and activists who are passionate about social justice and building a fairer economy.

Author Biography

PAVLINA R. TCHERNEVA is Associate Professor at Bard College and Research Scholar at the Levy Economics Institute.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. A Public Option for Good Jobs
2. A Steep Price for a Broken Status Quo
3. The Job Guarantee: A New Social Contract and Macroeconomic Model
4. But How Will You Pay for It?
5. What, Where and How: Jobs, Design, and Implementation
6. The Job Guarantee, the Green New Deal, and Beyond
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