Book Review: National and International Measures for Full Employment
| Date | 01 March 1951 |
| Published date | 01 March 1951 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070205100600122 |
| Author | Frederic E. Dessauer |
| Subject Matter | Book Review |
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INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL
seen
in
its
right proportions.
Some
conclusions
of
the
Survey
should
be
known
to
all
people
who
are
politically
interested.
In
a
peace economy
European
steel
exports
are not
supposed
to take more
than
six per
cent
of
the
capacity
actually planned.
Here
the
use
of
averages
for extended
periods
of
time
may
be
misleading.
The
average
imports
of
Russia,
which
in
the
context
of
the
Survey
is
not
part
of
Europe
may
be
small,
but
since
Russia
usually
increases
her imports
during
periods
of
world
depression,
they
may help
more
than
the
average
figures
indicate.
Without
unusual
armaments,
the
Survey regards
the
actually
planned
European
steel
capacity
as excessive.
Even
a
smaller
capacity
could
be
fully used
only
in
a
Western
Europe
which
had
been
integrated
into
a
single
market.
All
the
advantages
which
in
an
integrated
market
could
be
drawn
from
mass
production,
specialization,
and the
most
rational
organization
of
transportation
and
of
power supply,
could
be
hardly
enjoyed
without
some
form
of
market
organization.
But
not
all
the
problems
of
European
steel
production
are
man-made.
Europe
has
few
rich
ores
and
the
geological
conditions
lead
to
high
mining
costs
both
for
ore
and
coal.
The
additions
to
the
actual capacity,
as
they
are
planned
now,
would mainly
strengthen the
French
position.
The
advantages and
dis-
advantages
of
such
a
change
might
need
some
careful
elaboration.
The
Survey
is
silent
about the
political
and
institutional
aspects
of
the
economic
problems
discussed.
Nothing
is
said
about
the
policy
of
dismantling
and
the
political
limitation
of
German
steel
production.
Since
the
structure
of
industrial
ownership
and
the
political
control
of
the
economy
are
different
in
each
European country, the
co-ordina-
tion
of
policies
and the
creation
of
a
single
market
pose
extremely
difficult
questions.
No
solution
of
these
problems
is
offered
in
the
Survey,
but
its
ecoonmic
analysis
will
be
of
greatest
value
for
whatever
solution
is
politically possible.
Montreal,
November
1950.
Frederic
E.
Dessauer
NATIONAL
AND
INTERNATIONAL
MEASURES
FOR
FULL EMPLOYMENT.
Report
by a
Group
of
Experts
appointed
by
the
Secretary-General.
1950.
(Lake
Success,
N.Y.:
UN
Publications.
Toronto:
Ryerson.
vi,
104
pp.
$0.75.)
This
Report
was
made
to
the United Nations
by
a
group
of
Ameri-
can,
British, French,
and
Australian
economists.
After
reference
to
the
pledge
contained
in
articles
55
and
56
of
the
Charter,
it
first
gives
a
compressed
analysis
of
the problems
of
full
employment.
Without
adding
much
to
the
knowledge
we
have
accumulated
at
a rather
high
price
during
the
last
decades,
the
analysis
competently
prepares
the
reader
for
a
long
list
of
recommendations. Those
made
to
national
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