"This book argues that society must rethink the notion of formal employment and instead introduce and spread the notion of 'meaningful work' so that societies can become independent of economic growth. The excessive consumption of natural resources and the immense emissions resu…
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"Despite acute labour shortages during the Second World War, Canadian employers--with the complicity of state officials--discriminated against workers of African, Asian, and Eastern and Southern European origin, excluding them from both white collar and skilled jobs. Jobs and Ju…
The rise of the new technology and the power of the multinationals to shift their production anywhere they choose has led to a massive rise in the employment of women. This text investigates the status of women in the global economy.
"This collection of seventeen essays treats the three core topics of macroeconomics - economic growth, inflation, and unemployment. In all three topic areas, the essays have established the context of macroeconomic discussions, including the author's early skepticism that the Ne…
"This collection of seventeen essays treats the three core topics of macroeconomics - economic growth, inflation, and unemployment. In all three topic areas, the essays have established the context of macroeconomic discussions, including the author's early skepticism that the Ne…
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The 17 seminal essays by Robert J. Gordon collected here, including three previously unpublished works, offer views on the principal topics of macroeconomics - namely, growth, inflation, and unemployment. The author re-examines their salient points in a creative, accessible intr…