Phoenix.Excelior said:
Bahamut.Milamber said:
Phoenix.Excelior said:
Once you guys get jobs you'll be fine. I have no idea how a government can create jobs in a captialist economy though, because you can't force companies to hire a shitload of people.
Open bids for public projects/public works, with stringent deadlines and penalties for missing deadlines. Typically this utilizes both unskilled and skilled workers.
That's not going to take you from 10% unemployment to 5% lol. We need a serious plan that can create them on a mass scale.
That's *theoretically* where the capatalist economy bit comes in. Even though you are contracting to one firm, that firm employs quite a few other subcontractors/suppliers in order to accomplish the project.
The one of the best ways to go about decreasing the unemployment is to increase the general confidence level in that economy. Businesses tend to act conservatively in low confidence environments, meaning if they don't have projected work within a defined interval from that point in time, out comes the firing stick.
Another option would be to increase the number of grants with regards to R&D.
But keep in mind, these are generally long-term actions. It is difficult to get companies with low confidence to hire additional people, without providing projects to work on, and/or providing some incentive for hiring new employees.