Dear all, I would appreciate some help with a literature search - references to the post-Keynesian and Marxist literatures concerning the theory of job creation.
I understand that capitalist entrepreneurs and enterprises create and destroy jobs. They employ labour (variable capital) in order to produce profit (accumulate capital). That explains job creation at the firm level. If technological progress permits a substitution of real capital for labour, then the same enterprises lay off workers/employees - a firm-level theory of job destruction. (Whether Marx was the first one to describe that � theory of the reserve army, I don�t know, but to-date that is common knowledge across the political spectrum.)
Now my query: The above are firm-level explanations. I am looking for macro-level theories. For example, while the US and other countries have capitalist economies, the US and many other economies are creating more jobs than they destroy (in recent years). Other countries had job disasters (the so-called transition economies.) Others have permanent problems with job creation. At the macro-level, important phenomena in this context are reduction of jobs in the agricultural sector, de-industrialisation, job-export, growth of the service sectors, etc. Are there any standard works of a post-Keynesian and Marxist nature that present some theory about job creation at the macro-level? (My focus is on job creation, rather than unemployment as such.)(I am also interested in any employment, as defined by ILO, including, but not limited to, wage labour.)
Where should I start looking? Any suggestions?(I could also read German and French works.)
Best regards, Gernot K�hler Email= [EMAIL PROTECTED]
