tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post985271941295094682..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: The Long and Short of KurzarbeitUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-18696409742910954772014-04-04T00:26:16.503-04:002014-04-04T00:26:16.503-04:00The first thing that needs to be done is to make e...The first thing that needs to be done is to make employers more desperate to retain workers. A guaranteed annual income would make it less likely that employers would welcome high rates of unemployment. As it is, high unemployment is considered a good thing because it lowers the cost of labor. <br /><br /> tstreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15575262418428068589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-90275444725704682792014-03-15T22:58:46.984-04:002014-03-15T22:58:46.984-04:00The Kuzarbeit system has worked quite well in Germ...The Kuzarbeit system has worked quite well in Germany, certainly during the recent years, although its longer term prospects in Germany are questionable.<br /><br />However, for all its virtues, I fear that it will not be possible to adopt in the US in a serious way, although perhaps in might exist in some remote corners of the economy, just as we have some sectors such as plywood where we have coops that job share and look like kurzabeit formations.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.com