Black Unemployment: Part of Unskilled Unemployment / Edition 1

by David Schwartzman

Overview

In the post-World War II era, the U.S. government's full employment policy led to rapid mechanization of production by reducing the cost of financing investment. The mechanization of production displaced more blacks than whites because blacks were disproportionately unskilled. In addition, the growth in the import of manufactured goods further reduced the demand for unskilled labor. The author argues that the government should fill the gap with government employment and should discourage imports from developing countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313301667
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/25/1997
Series:	Contributions in Labor Studies Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile:	1360L (what's this?)

About the Author

DAVID SCHWARTZMAN is Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research in New York City. Dr. Schwartzman has researched and written extensively in areas related to economic policy, and his publications include The Decline of Service in Retail Trade, Oligopoly in the Farm Machinery Industry, Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Games of Chicken: Four Decades of U.S. Nuclear Policy (Praeger, 1988), Economic Policy: An Agenda for the Nineties (Praeger, 1989), and The Japanese Television Cartel: A Study Based on Matsushita v. Zenith.

Table of Contents

Tables

Preface

Black Unemployment

Capital Goods and Technology

The Substitution of Skilled for Unskilled Labor

The Substitution of Foreign for Domestic Unskilled Labor

IQ, Welfare, and the Poverty Culture

Race and Politics

Current Public Policy

Policy Recommendations

Index

Editorial Reviews

Relates black unemployment to the fate of unskilled workers, and suggests that the government undertake a public employment program for unskilled workers and restrict the market for products of unskilled workers from other countries. Provides a historical explanation for the large proportion of blacks who are unskilled, discusses the effects of monetary policy since the 1930s, looks at past and current policies in wages, labor, and education, and critiques assorted explanations for black unemployment. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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