A Socioeconomic Theory of Unemployment

Abstract

In economic science, finding reasons for unemployment is one of the main targets. In the article, the currently dominant macroeconomic approach is presented briefly and it is shown that this approach exhibits certain difficulties in the conception of unemployment in empirical economics. For a solution to this, an extended approach is proposed, which particularly includes elements of structural change. Both approaches employ social dynamics for the explanation and description of the consequences of unemployment.

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Blien, U. (2009): Eine sozialökonomische Theorie der Arbeitslosigkeit. In: H. Hieke (Hrsg.) (2009): Kapitalismus : kritische Betrachtungen und Reformansätze, p. 247-269.