: P. Lemieux
: Who Needs Jobs? Spreading Poverty or Increasing Welfare
: Palgrave Macmillan
: 9781137353511
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: Volkswirtschaft
: English
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The goal should not be to create jobs, but to let people earn income in order to consume what they want.
Cover1
who needs jobs?4
contents6
FOREWORD8
Chapter 1 Banning Chain Saws10
Chapter 2 Two Different Approaches16
Chapter 3 Work as a Cost25
Chapter 4 The Value of Consumption37
Chapter 5 The Lump-of-Labor Fallacy52
Chapter 6 Exchange, Competition, and the Division of Labor66
Chapter 7 Exchange over National Borders78
Chapter 8 Exporting Jobs92
Chapter 9 Efficient Jobs100
Chapter 10 How to Destroy Efficient Jobs119
Chapter 11 Economic Growth130
Chapter 12 Artificial Jobs139
Chapter 13 Aggregate Demand155
Chapter 14 Do Jobs Matter?164
Notes174
bibliography186
Index201