Full Employment Is a Pro-Market Concept

MOST AMERICANS ARE UNAWARE that we have the legal authority-on the books, as I write-to end our unemployment crisis in America, tomorrow--thus raising the question: When we have 25 million unemployed/underemployed Americans, why on earth is Washington not enforcing this authorization? Further, the market thrives when we have a robust, employed, consuming workforce-has our high unemployment resulted in our sluggish recovery? The purpose of this book is to drill down on these questions,...
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MOST AMERICANS ARE UNAWARE that we have the legal authority-on the books, as I write-to end our unemployment crisis in America, tomorrow--thus raising the question: When we have 25 million unemployed/underemployed Americans, why on earth is Washington not enforcing this authorization? Further, the market thrives when we have a robust, employed, consuming workforce-has our high unemployment resulted in our sluggish recovery? The purpose of this book is to drill down on these questions, and to propose the solution: In his book, "The Audacity of Hope", President Obama stated that most Americans believe "that anybody willing to work should be able to find a job"-Indeed, a Zogby poll found that 86% of Americans agree--so the solution is not from a lack of political will on the part of the American people. Further, the demand to Fix Unemployment existed before the Great Recession, and was a major issue in the 2008 election, before the economic meltdown [which made it infinitely worse]-FULL EMPLOYMENT is not only the glue of a decent society-it is a "win-win" solution-the American people win, and capitalism wins.....