This paper analyses the links between egalitarian policy and unemployment and the possible use of asset-based redistribution to overcome the crisis of egalitarian policy. Contrary to left-Keynesian belief, egalitarian policies in the postwar period were not the means to ensure high aggregate...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Paradox of Socialist Unemployment -- Chapter 2 THE MAKING OF A STRATEGY FOR CHANGE -- Chapter 3 CREATING A STATE FOR SOCIALIST DEVELOPMENT -- Chapter 4 MILITARY SELF-RELIANCE, FOREIGN TRADE, AND THE ORIGINS...