Economics

"Back to Full Employment"

Robert Pollin

About the Program

Robert Pollin argues that the U.S. government should be pushing for full employment (less than 4% unemployment), a policy goal which he says was abandoned in the 1970s when concerns about inflation began to take precedence.  Prof. Pollin spoke at the Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Massachusetts.        

About the Authors

Robert Pollin

Robert Pollin is a professor of economics and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is the author of "Contours of Descent: U.S. Economic Fractures and the Landscape of Global Austerity."   


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"Back to Full Employment"

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Past Airings

  • Monday, April 8th at 6:30am (ET)
  • Saturday, March 30th at 10:30am (ET)
  • Sunday, March 17th at 12am (ET)
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