--- product_id: 9166581 title: "Back to Full Employment (Boston Review Books) 1st Edition, 1st Printing" brand: "robert pollin" price: "89.85 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/9166581-back-to-full-employment-boston-review-books-1st-edition-1st store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Back to Full Employment (Boston Review Books) 1st Edition, 1st Printing **Brand:** robert pollin **Price:** 89.85 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Back to Full Employment (Boston Review Books) 1st Edition, 1st Printing by robert pollin - **How much does it cost?** 89.85 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/9166581-back-to-full-employment-boston-review-books-1st-edition-1st) ## Best For - robert pollin enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted robert pollin brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Back to Full Employment (Boston Review Books) 1st Edition, 1st Printing - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/5121gWRwgdL.jpg) ![Back to Full Employment (Boston Review Books) 1st Edition, 1st Printing - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41Cj4aigmzL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Short Powerful Read *by K***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 6, 2014* This book promotes the goal of reducing unemployment as the fundamental means to revive our economy. Others reviewers with more economic knowledge (e,g, Hans Despain) have spoken to its correctness. I'd like to say it is very readable and tutorial as well. It is short enough and holds your interest enough to be read in one day. So I highly recommend it for non-specialists who desire to understand what national policy should be. One highlight for me was the need to critically follow the Dodd-Frank Law's implementation as it is being chipped away by self-serving lobbyists. Another highlight is the recommendation to impose a financial transaction tax; we tax other purchases why not tax stock purchases / sales.One issue with the book (perhaps a pet peeve of mine) is Figure 1 and Figure 2. The data is no doubt right (I've seen it elsewhere) but there is no need to magnify the drop in real wages in the 1972-1995 time period compared to productivity gains (Figure 1) by having the y-axis origins be non zero. Similarly Figure 2 leaves an impression of a 80-90% drop in household wealth due to the 2008 "financial crisis". Truth is the drop was about 25% overall. The truth of his case does not need these graphical distortions. Figures 3-6 are fine.Figure 6 is a key chart when discussing strategy to reach near full employment. I would want to see more discussion (there is some qualitative discussion and a couple of quantitative self references) on why education spending is so much better in terms of jobs created (26.7) per 1$M spent - fossil fuel industry (5.2), military (11.2), and green (16.8) sectors. The two referenced articles are found easily enough (thanks Google), but reading them I get the impression one is biased against the military and one against the fossil fuel industry and education is favored w/o much backing. For other reasons both the military and fossil fuel industries do not deserve more deliberate spending (military due to our already massively overspending vs any other country and fossil fuels for reasons of controlling global warming/climate change/ghg emissions). But economically, jobs are jobs and getting money into the hands of spenders as opposed to hoarders is important to full recovery.These two concerns only knock it down to a 4 star (I would have given it 4.5 stars if that be possible). ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ New Look at Old Problem *by M***A on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 14, 2012* Robert Pollin makes a very good case for making full employment the primary economic policy goal in the US. There are many policy changes that can be made and would be successful if we ever took this problem seriously. However, the first obstacle in the path toward making this a national goal is the fact that the Federal Reserve and Wall Street desire that inflation containment be the primary goal of all economic policy. And this is true even during times when inflation barely exists! To decrease unemployment the economy needs an increase in aggregate demand, and if this cannot be supplied by the private sector (regardless of why), then it needs to be provided by the public sector. We certainly have enough worthwhile projects involving the repair and improvement of our infrastructure to provide 1-2 trillion dollars of stimulus to this economy. Reducing unemployment would be good for all workers, and would increase profits and sales of businessmen as well. It would be a win-win solution for everyone! Congress needs to read this book and see what they should be spending their time on! After all, it seems to me they had a mandate to do this after World War Two with the Full Employment Act of 1946. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A rare simply put presentation *by M***L on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 20, 2013* If only PhD's and "experts" had the same clarity, people would better understand what is happening and what the consequences are. As an example, I am a supporter of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), but partly because I downloaded it and I am familiar with the issues. There are good things in the act, but there does not seem to be an adequate and clear explanation from the Administration. 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