Unemployment and the Economists

Six British economists address economic ideas, beliefs, and arguments regarding the causes and possible solutions to unemployment. An overview essay by Bernard Corry is followed by an essay in which Terry Peach addresses Ricardo's debates with Malthus on unemployment following the Napoleonic wars, while Jose Harris examines unemployment from 1870 to 1914. George Peden evaluates the interwar British Treasury's rejection of borrowing to counter unemployment and Alan Budd's paper is on the theory and practice of unemployment policy since WWII. Includes a concluding contribution by Walter Eltis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.