Full Employment and Social Justice: Solidarity and Sustainability

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This edited collection investigates how full employment programs can sustain the economy and the environment, promote social justice, and reinvigorate local communities. The contributing authors focus on the formation of institutions to eliminate the opportunity gap for marginalized populations, enact environmentally sustainable methods of production and consumption, and rebuild local economies through education, training, and community redevelopment programs. They argue that the formation and implementation of a federally funded, locally operated Job Guarantee program is a vital component to address a variety of complex and interweaving concerns. Through the formation of alternative institutions and encouraging local economies, the Job Guarantee approach has the potential to alter economic, social, and political structures away from an exploitative market-oriented structure toward one that is refocused on humanity and the sustainability of the earth and its peoples, cultures, and communities. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Introduction (Michael J. Murray, Mathew Forstater)....Pages 1-9 Unemployment and Transformational Growth in the Long Run (Edward J. Nell)....Pages 11-62 The Job Guarantee and Transformational Degrowth (B. J. Unti)....Pages 63-82 Getting Serious About the Limits to Growth: ELR and Economic Restructuring Under Decroissance (Hendrik Van den Berg)....Pages 83-108 Public Works Programs as a Strong Means for Land and Water Conservation in Iran (Zahra Karimi)....Pages 109-138 Can Capitalist Modes of Production Be Biophysically Sustainable? (Josefina Y. Li)....Pages 139-157 Complementary Currencies in the Solidarity Economy: The Local Job Guarantee (Mathew Forstater)....Pages 159-167 On the Reservation: Toward a Job Guarantee Program for American Indian Nations (Michael J. Murray)....Pages 169-193 Full Employment and the Job Guarantee: An All-American Idea (William Darity Jr, Darrick Hamilton)....Pages 195-204 Employment Guarantee Programs as Automatic Stabilizers: Stylized Facts on a Macro Context and Micro Structure for Argentina (Emmanuel Agis, Daniel Kostzer)....Pages 205-238 The Job Guarantee: An Institutional Adjustment Toward an Inclusive Provisioning Process (Brandon McCoy)....Pages 239-254 Back Matter ....Pages 255-264