argues that structural unemployment is not a new phenomenon.The author challenges the view of the Western economists who say that structural unem-ployment is related to economic changes that are not periodic in nature...argues that structural unemployment is not a new phenomenon.The author challenges the view of the Western economists who say that structural unem-ployment is related to economic changes that are not periodic in nature and that thesechanges are the root cause of high unemployment rates in the capitalist countries sincethe 1970s.The author maintains that structural unemployment has existed since theestablishment of capitalist systems,sometimes in covert and sometimes in more overtform.Karl Marx described this as a manifestation of relative surplus populationwhich will vary in content and form over time.The author argues that structuralunemployment is not a temporary problem for capitalist systems which can be solved simply by a new technological revolution.展开更多
文摘argues that structural unemployment is not a new phenomenon.The author challenges the view of the Western economists who say that structural unem-ployment is related to economic changes that are not periodic in nature and that thesechanges are the root cause of high unemployment rates in the capitalist countries sincethe 1970s.The author maintains that structural unemployment has existed since theestablishment of capitalist systems,sometimes in covert and sometimes in more overtform.Karl Marx described this as a manifestation of relative surplus populationwhich will vary in content and form over time.The author argues that structuralunemployment is not a temporary problem for capitalist systems which can be solved simply by a new technological revolution.