New Economic Perspectives

It is much better to create the jobs and then let growth follow, rather than to try to pump up growth in the hope that some jobs might trickle down.

Comments and responses on the Modern Money Primer Part 48.

Once one understands that sovereign governments do not have to force millions to suffer involuntary unemployment, then the ethically defensible position of opposing a Job Guarantee is narrowed.

Comments and responses on the Modern Money Primer Part 47.

There have been many job creation programs implemented around the world – let’s take a look at some of them.

Comments and responses on the Modern Money Primer Part 46.

Problems will be encountered in any real world JG program, but what must always be kept in mind is that the alternative—unemployment—is, arguably, far more socially wasteful.

Comments and responses on the Modern Money Primer Part 45.

A sovereign nation operating with its own currency in a floating exchange rate regime can always financially afford an JG/ELR program. So long as there are workers who are ready and willing to work.