Marta Russell wrote:
> Michael,
>
> Clinton made the connection to using disabled people as the "new reserve
> army of labor" to fight inflation. On his poverty tour Clinton explained
> how people with disabilities fit into the macroeconomy, “...there are a
> couple of options [ways to keep America's economy growing without
> inflation]. You can bring more people from welfare or from the ranks of
> the disabled into the work force, or you can go to these areas where you
> invest in them and you get more consumers and more workers at the same
> time.”
>
> I'm working on a paper about this very subject now.
>
> best,
> Marta Russell
>
> michael at ecst.csuchico.edu wrote:
>
> > I've always wondered why more people don't make the connection between
> > civil rights legislation and the depletion of the reserve army of the
> > unemployed.
> >
> > --
> > Michael Perelman
> > Economics Department
> > California State University
> > Chico, CA 95929
> >
> > Tel. 530-898-5321
> > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
>
> --
> Marta Russell
> author
> Los Angeles, CA
> Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract
> http://www.commoncouragepress.com/ramps.html
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Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901