Profitability and Unemployment (Paperback)

Discussions of economic policy argue that an adequate level of profitability is a precondition for avoiding future unemployment. This book studies the rationale for this statement. The analysis is built round a simple model of the Harrod Doman type and extends the study of fixed-price equilibria by considering a dynamic process whose major components are capital accumulation and shifts in income distribution. The Keynesian depression, characterized by a sustained lack of demand, is found to be particularly stable. Lack of productive capacity may also occur when profitability has been too low. In this case, the resulting unemployment stimulates corrective shifts of prices and wages. However, such unemployment may last for some time and is more likely to be followed by Keynesian unemployment than by inflationary full employment. The first and last chapters consider the problem in less formal but more general terms. They discuss both the methodology for the study of the relationship between profitability and unemployment, and the role of various factors that the simple model neglects.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2008
First published:	August 2009
Authors:	Edmond Malinvaud
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	120
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-06714-0
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > Employment & unemployment Promotions
LSN:	0-521-06714-6
Barcode:	9780521067140

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