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Full Employment: An Outmoded Objective in a Technological Age
Author(s) -
Ensley R.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1980.tb00688.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , unemployment , labour economics , technological change , economics , project commissioning , publishing , unemployment rate , distribution (mathematics) , full employment , economic growth , political science , macroeconomics , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , mathematics
The author argues that pursuit of the full employment objective retards economic progress in technologically advanced countries, It has been suggested that the rate of technological adoption should be retarded where it leads to increases in unemployment. The author argues that technological adoption should be encouraged because it frees people from employment, releasing them for work. A clear distinction is drawn between employment and work. The question of income distribution is briefly addressed.