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A startling success story of the postwar world in industrialised countries seemed to be the eradication of mass unemployment. After the privations of the early 1930s, when unemployment in Britain affected nearly a fifth of the population, the unemployment rates registered in the 1950s and 1960s seemed miniscule. Nearly everyone who wanted to work could find work. Developed nations were encouraging immigration to cover hard-to-fill vacancies.
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Shields, J. (1989). Introduction. In: Shields, J. (eds) Making the Economy Work. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20307-9_1
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