{"product_id":"american-unemployment-past-present-and-future-9780252085024","title":"American Unemployment: Past, Present, and Future","description":"The history of unemployment and many concepts surrounding it remain a mystery to many Americans. Frank Stricker believes we need to understand this essential thread in our shared past. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Unemployment\u003c\/i\u003e is an introduction for everyone that takes aim at misinformation, willful deceptions, and popular myths to set the record straight: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorkers do not normally choose to be unemployed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn our current system, persistent unemployment is not an aberration. It is much more common than full employment, and the outcome of elite policy choices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabor surpluses propped up by flawed unemployment numbers have helped to keep real wages stagnant for more than forty years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrior to the New Deal and the era of big government, laissez-faire policies repeatedly led to depressions with heavy, even catastrophic, job losses.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUndercounting the unemployed sabotages the creation of government job programs that can lead to more high-paying jobs and full employment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e Written for non-economists, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Unemployment\u003c\/i\u003e is a history and primer on vital economic topics that also provides a roadmap to better jobs and economic security.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252085024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Frank Stricker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635337130140,"sku":"9780252085024","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fcf5696f-953d-4aed-aec0-7ed8e852829a.jpg?v=1603839253","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/american-unemployment-past-present-and-future-9780252085024","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}