Useful insights into the basis of contemporary opposition to modern Job Guarantee proposals may be found in past struggles over the elimination of unemployment through state provision of employment. This paper examines issues raised by the proclamation and subsequent revocation of the 'right to work' by the republican government of France between February and June of 1848.
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The Challenge to Restore Full Employment: Incorporating the 9th Path to Full Employment Conference and 14th National Conference on Unemployment. The Challenge to Restore Full Employment: Incorporating the 9th Path to Full Employment Conference and 14th National Conference on Unemployment: Proceedings: Refereed Papers (Newcastle, N.S.W. 6-7 December, 2007) p. 313-325