Toward a manpower policy

Labor economists, personnel managers, trade union officials, and government officials concerned with man power problems are only a few of the groups that will find TOWARD A MANPOWER POLICY enlightening and thought-provoking. A result of the fourth annual conference of the Research Program on Unemployment being conducted at the University of California, Berkeley, the book constitutes a review and evaluation of man power policy in the United States - its present status and directions for its future development. The papers have been contributed by authorities in the field, men prominent in the academic, government, trade union, and business worlds. Recommendations are made for the kinds of government and pri vate action needed in the manpower field to reduce unemployment further among underprivileged groups, to re move labor bottlenecks, and to reduce the overall level of unemployment that corresponds to full employment in the United States. The book considers, among other subjects, how manpower policy is related to our other economic goals, including full employment... price stability... rapid economic growth... and a more equitable distribution of income.