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Full Employment and Social Justice

Solidarity and Sustainability

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Editors:
  1. Michael J. Murray

    1. Bemidji State University, Bemidji, USA

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  2. Mathew Forstater

    1. University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, USA

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  • Directs the job guarantee debate toward the social benefits of a universal program
  • Introduces readers to ideal implementation models
  • Encourages federal governments to prioritize green jobs

Part of the book series: Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity (BISP)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Michael J. Murray, Mathew Forstater
    Pages 1-9

  3. Unemployment and Transformational Growth in the Long Run

    • Edward J. Nell
    Pages 11-62

  4. The Job Guarantee and Transformational Degrowth

    • B. J. Unti
    Pages 63-82

  5. Getting Serious About the Limits to Growth: ELR and Economic Restructuring Under Decroissance

    • Hendrik Van den Berg
    Pages 83-108

  6. Public Works Programs as a Strong Means for Land and Water Conservation in Iran

    • Zahra Karimi
    Pages 109-138

  7. Can Capitalist Modes of Production Be Biophysically Sustainable?

    • Josefina Y. Li
    Pages 139-157

  8. Complementary Currencies in the Solidarity Economy: The Local Job Guarantee

    • Mathew Forstater
    Pages 159-167

  9. On the Reservation: Toward a Job Guarantee Program for American Indian Nations

    • Michael J. Murray
    Pages 169-193

  10. Full Employment and the Job Guarantee: An All-American Idea

    • William Darity Jr, Darrick Hamilton
    Pages 195-204

  11. Employment Guarantee Programs as Automatic Stabilizers: Stylized Facts on a Macro Context and Micro Structure for Argentina

    • Emmanuel Agis, Daniel Kostzer
    Pages 205-238

  12. The Job Guarantee: An Institutional Adjustment Toward an Inclusive Provisioning Process

    • Brandon McCoy
    Pages 239-254

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 255-264
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About this book

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.   

Editors and Affiliations

  • Bemidji State University, Bemidji, USA

    Michael J. Murray

  • University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, USA

    Mathew Forstater

About the editors

Michael J. Murray is Associate Professor of Economics at Bemidji State University, USA, and a Research Scholar at the Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity. He co-edits the American Review of Political Economy and is co-editor of multiple volumes on the Job Guarantee. Murray's research focuses on public policies targeting the dual problems of unemployment and poverty. He also studies production theory, structural and technological change, and its impacts on employment.


Mathew Forstater is Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA; Research Director at the Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity; and Research Associate at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, USA. He is engaged in projects on employment and federal budget policy, using a historical, interdisciplinary approach to examine the potential role of full employment policies in the face of deficit reduction and continuous technological change.


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