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The Politics of Unemployment

1987

[Front Matter and Publication Details]: This segment contains the title page, copyright information, and publication metadata for 'The Politics of Unemployment' by Hans F. Sennholz...

Economic Policy Hans F. Sennholz Unemployment Business Cycles Inflation Taxation Trade Unions Protectionism Mises Institute Effective Demand Great Depression Interventionism John Maynard Keynes Capital Consumption Capital Accumulation Industrial Revolution Karl Marx Property Rights Thomas Malthus Division of Labor Social Policy Labor Law Productivity Human Capital Labor Mobility Minimum Wage Adam Smith Consumer Sovereignty Jean-Baptiste Say Credit Expansion Coercion Labor Market Price Controls Keynesian Economics Wages poverty Market Process insurance New Deal Thomas Aquinas Welfare State Paul Samuelson John Law Mercantilism Phillips Curve Say's Law Monetary Policy Joseph Schumpeter Arthur Cecil Pigou Overproduction Capitalism exploitation Income Distribution Underconsumption Austrian School Friedrich A. Hayek Interest Rates Ludwig von Mises Malinvestment Monetary Theory Wage Rigidity Federal Reserve Gold Standard Money Supply Fiscal Policy Social Justice Alfred Marshall Collective Bargaining John Stuart Mill Capital Movements Marginal Utility Investment Economic Calculation Comparative Advantage David Ricardo Free Trade Socialism Sovereignty Economic History Entrepreneurship Standard of Living macroeconomics Stagflation Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk Milton Friedman

Table of Contents · 80 segments

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Front Matter and Publication Detailstheoretical

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Table of Contentstheoretical

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Table of Contents (Chapters 14-20)theoretical

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Prefacetheoretical

5

Acknowledgmentstheoretical

6

Introduction: The Schools of Unemployment Thoughttheoretical

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Part One: Work, Wages and Unemployment - Chapter 1: The Supply of Labortheoretical

8

Capital, Immigration, and the Participation Rateessay

9

Population Growth: Malthus vs. Capitalismchapter

10

The Participation Rate and Demographic Shiftschapter

11

Hours of Work and the Fallacy of Spreading the Workchapter

12

Education and Labor: Investment or Consumption?chapter

13

Markets and Labor Mobilitychapter

14

The Demand for Labor and Marginal Productivitychapter

15

Temporary vs. Institutional Unemploymentchapter

16

Institutional Unemployment and Minimum Wage Effectschapter

17

The Economic Consequences of Minimum Wage Mandatesessay

18

Consumer Sovereignty and Benefit Mandatesessay

19

Production Barriers and Price Controlschapter

20

Inflation and Labor Unions as Institutional Barriersessay

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Part Two: Political Barriers - The History and Impact of Minimum Wageschapter

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The Victims and Beneficiaries of Wage Legislationessay

23

Extension of Coverage and Indexing the Minimum Wageessay

24

Employer Offsets and Political Incentivesessay

25

The Davis-Bacon Act: Racism and Economic Disintegrationchapter

26

Benefit Mandates and the Illusion of Employer Gratuitieschapter

27

Mandated Benefits and the Shifting Processtheoretical

28

Old and New Benefits: The Process of Economic Adjustmentchapter

29

Social Security and Payroll Taxeschapter

30

Unemployment Compensation: Theory and Practicechapter

31

Workmen's Compensation, OSHA, ERISA, and EEOCchapter

32

The Rationale of Unemployment Compensation and Public Charitychapter

33

Unemployment Compensation as a Destabilizing Forcetheoretical

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Disincentives and Fraud in Unemployment Systemstheoretical

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Inflation: From John Law to John Keyneschapter

36

Inflation as a Cause of Institutional Unemploymenttheoretical

37

Business Cycles: Doctrines and Theorieschapter

38

The Complexities of Division of Laborchapter

39

The Capitalistic System: Distribution and Production Theorieschapter

40

Government Intervention and the Austrian Theory of the Cyclechapter

41

The Labor Market as Affected by Cycleschapter

42

Common Cause and Automatic Stabilizerschapter

43

Taxation: Fiscal and Economic Objectiveschapter

44

Labor Unions: History and Economic Doctrineschapter

45

The Economic Consequences of Unionism and Political Actionchapter

46

Laws Against Plant Closingschapter

47

The Natural Rate of Unemployment and Structural Factorschapter

48

Workers and Robots: The Second Industrial Revolutionchapter

49

The Impact of Technological Improvements on Labor and Capitaltheoretical

50

Learning New Skills and the Costs of Retrainingtheoretical

51

Moving to Another Location: The Costs of Labor Migrationtheoretical

52

Economic Superiority vs. Technical Efficiencytheoretical

53

Foreign Competition and the Fallacies of Protectionismchapter

54

The Wage-Rate Argument and Capital-Labor Compositiontheoretical

55

United States-Japanese Trade Relationsessay

56

Women, Work and Wages: Production and Distributionchapter

57

The Comparable Worth Doctrine and Educationtheoretical

58

Women and the Law: Barriers to Employmenttheoretical

59

The Equal Rights Amendment and Traditiontheoretical

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Illegal Aliens and the Immigration Act of 1965chapter

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The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986theoretical

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The Economic Contribution of Illegal Alienstheoretical

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Stagnation in Puerto Rico: The Failure of Labor Legislationchapter

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Puerto Rican Payroll Taxes and Labor Costsessay

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Island Independence and Economic Prospectsessay

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Work in the Underground: Origins and Definitionschapter

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Categories of Underground Economic Activitytheoretical

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Hiding from Tax Collectorschapter

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Circumventing Regulations and Licenseschapter

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Reaping Entitlement Benefitschapter

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Underground Employment and Statistical Flawschapter

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Employer of Last Resort: War on Povertychapter

73

Government, Business, and Job Programschapter

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Unemployment in College Textbooks: The Keynesian Orthodoxychapter

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Free-Market Perspectives and the Austrian Critiquechapter

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Notes: Chapters 1-10footnotes

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Notes: Chapters 11-19footnotes

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Notes for Chapter 20: Unemployment in College Textbooksfootnotes

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Indexbibliography

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Index (Continued) and Promotional Materialsbibliography