Socialism and Wages in the Recovery from the Great Depression in the United States and Germany

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Journal: Journal of Economic History
Year: 1990
Volume: 50
Issue: 2
Pages: 297-307

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Abstract

The sustained unemployment in the United States during the recovery from the Great Depression has proved difficult to explain, as has the rapid elimination of unemployment in Germany. I argue that employment in the United States was restricted by high wages, which government policy raised above the level of efficiency wages. Socialist control and military expansion by the Nazis reduced unemployment, but also held down consumption.

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RePEc Handle
repec:cup:jechis:v:50:y:1990:i:02:p:297-307_03
Journal Field
Economic History
Author Count
1
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2026-01-29