Out of Work: Unemployment and Government in Twentieth-Century America

by Richard K Vedder, Lowell E. Gallaway

Overview

Argues the cause of unemployment may be the government itself

Redefining the way we think about unemployment in America today, Out of Work offers devastating evidence that the major cause of high unemployment in the United States is the government itself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814788332
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	07/01/1997
Series:	Open Access Lib and HC
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	408
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Richard K. Vedder is Distinguished Professor of Economics and Faculty Associate at the Contemporary History Institute of Ohio University, and is the author of numerous books and articles.
Lowell E. Galloway is Distinguished Professor of Economics at Ohio University and a former staff economist on the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress.

Editorial Reviews

"The most comprehensive book ever to appear on unemployment in the United States."

George Gilder

"A book of great interest."

Kenneth Boulding

"Vedder and Gallaway show convincingly that we need once again to rethink our entire notion of unemployment."

Jonathan R. T. Hughes

"A triple hit: an engaging narrative of a century of U.S. economic history . . . an attack on the mythology that high wage rates and government spending reduce unemployment and a critique on wrong-headed public policies since 1930 that have raised unemployment levels."

Anna J. Schwartz