Fiscal Policy and the Job Guarantee. Mitchell, W. F. & Mosler, W. B Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 5(2):17, 2002.
Paper abstract bibtex Most OECD economies have suffered from persistently high unemployment since the mid-1970s as a result of demand deficiencies promoted by inappropriate fiscal and monetary policy. Governments have failed to understand the opportunities that they have as the issuer of the currency. In this paper, a framework for analysing these opportunities is presented. We compare two buffer-stock means of stabilising the price level: (a) the NAIRU approach, which uses a buffer stock of unemployed; and (b) the Job Guarantee, which is an open ended, fixed wage buffer stock of employed workers. The government offers a fixed wage to anyone willing and able to work, and allows market forces to determine the total quantity of government spending. This option is available to the government as the monopoly issuer of fiat currency.
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abstract = {Most OECD economies have suffered from persistently high unemployment since the mid-1970s as a result of demand deficiencies promoted by inappropriate fiscal and monetary policy. Governments have failed to understand the opportunities that they have as the issuer of the currency. In this paper, a framework for analysing these opportunities is presented. We compare two buffer-stock means of stabilising the price level: (a) the NAIRU approach, which uses a buffer stock of unemployed; and (b) the Job Guarantee, which is an open ended, fixed wage buffer stock of employed workers. The government offers a fixed wage to anyone willing and able to work, and allows market forces to determine the total quantity of government spending. This option is available to the government as the monopoly issuer of fiat currency.},
language = {en},
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journal = {Australian Journal of Labour Economics},
author = {Mitchell, William F. and Mosler, Warren B},
year = {2002},
keywords = {Budget Deficits, Fiscal Policy, Job Guarantee, Unemployment},
pages = {17},
}
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