LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: John Maynard Keynes, Sidney Hillman, Walter Reuther

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 1A03
• Professor: David Goutor

Document Summary

If achieved, becomes an enormous vehicle that represents them. this idea takes place in the us: the breakthrough happens in the context of the depression, they tend to associate with times when the economy was better, 60"s. 70"s: the biggest one in us (mostly) happens when unemployement was over 30% Most promiate and influencial labour leader: john l. lewis. He was the most recognized face and this show sthe deep level of the labour movment at that time. Stay in the course, stay by established and don"t change anything. Key becomes the established view of economics. Keynes his ideas are to revive the economy with active government and put more money in average pockets. Had to do more to get the economy going: nd liberalism = active government. There are times when you have to force business to do things. Using government money to give people more spending power.