On 8/19/2012 2:22 PM, Eugene Coyle wrote: > > Baker is clinging to a Keynsian stimulus policy which puts blinkers on > him. We should welcome robots, and I do, but Baker's idea that fixing the > policies he criticizes and enumerates (a high value for the dollar, selective > protectionism on labor categories like doctors and lawyers, and bailing out > the banks) plus adding stimulus will return the US to full employment is, at > best, wishful thinking. > > Would that he supported an immediate sharp cut in general working hours. >
But Dean Baker does support shorter hours. As far as I know he's the only Keynsian who does so. An Unemployment Solution: Pay People to Work Shorter Hours http://www.cepr.net/index.php/op-eds-&-columns/op-eds-&-columns/pay-for-shorter-hours/ Work Sharing: A Creative Way to Avoid Unemployment http://www.cepr.net/index.php/op-eds-&-columns/op-eds-&-columns/work-sharing-a-creative-way-to-avoid-unemployment A Stimulus for Working Fewer Hours http://www.cepr.net/index.php/op-eds-&-columns/op-eds-&-columns/a-stimulus-for-working-fewer-hours/ Leisure Beats Unemployment http://www.cepr.net/index.php/op-eds-&-columns/op-eds-&-columns/leisure-beats-unemployment _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
