Topic: Is government responsible for solving unemployment ? (Read 2157 times)

50% correct.only government can't solve the unemployment.the people who live in the country also try to do something always not asking jobs from the government.if people creative in a some country their government will not face such a program.if people who not creative live in a country,their government have to create jobs like a magic it is not possible so unemployment is increased automatically.

Of cos yes.... Government are responsible for solving the unemployment in the country.


There are a lot of things that can be set-up to unemployed  youth, for example there are many youth out there that are Self-employed, but to finance and keep running the business is a problem, if people like that can be establish they can as well employ more people which will reduce the number of unemployed people out there....

Well I was aware of government moved toward that direction last 2years trying to finance self employed, but people in charge embezzled the money, and everything die down, I don't see anything bad, if the government is actually doing a check and balance on such plan they setup and ensure those financial resources get to the people allocated to, but no they forgot the money is going down to our corrupt people in charge.
Solutions :- if there can be a better monitoring especially at this area, unemployment will be reduce to the barest.

Employment is a very serious issue in the world. The rise in unemployment should fall on everyone. The majority of it has to be on the Governments. The Goverment is not creating a pathway for people to showcase their skills in the form of livelihood. We all should play our part.

True enough. And there are some people who are picky in finding a job. They want a job that gives them high salary and they want fast money.

No. With the caveat that if they cause it then yes, they are.

Government on one section is capable in fathoming the issue of unemployment. Then again individual should bear the duty of unemployment to help government and further make things work in the general public.Unemployment is a complex problem most probably the most of countries haven't enough local investors for job creating especially in Asia and Africa.These occasions government have crucial character. Government part on this issue is increasingly and furthermore clear however individuals in charge of undertaking are dependably the issue. With respect to government there are set down approaches to work with each time another organization please load up. Government is looked with the test to ensure their  nationals have an empowering situation whereupon numerous investments and organizations can flourish. The people that likewise choose to get some ability and put it to use in taking care of an issue regardless of how little and from that point develop continuously to end up known.My opinion is  all the citizen try become job creators not job seekers. 

Government can surely solve the issues of unemployment.
Government can take serious steps to decrease population which will solve unemployment.
Besides this they can provide education at less cost to poor people.
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not only the govt who can decrease unemployment it can reduced by private firms,the government reduces unemployment by boosting economic growth. The primary method is expansionary monetary policy .

There are people that are just plain lazy and just don't wanna work but in general, yes, the government is responsible for solving unemployment. It is their task to make sure that public schools are providing quality education to students so that they can use it when they graduate. It is their task to make sure that the economy is stable for businesses to thrive so that employment will be given to everyone who needs it.

Is government responsible for solving unemployment ?

Of course! And the way to do it is with more welfare. ()

 

To a certain extent, yes they are.  In any given society people must be able to do things to support themselves or the government must support them if there isn't any other means available.  We're taught in the US that you have to work hard and "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" and other bullshit like this, but at a certain point our system is unsustainable.  Technology advances and one person can perform the work of dozens if not more, and that's not even considering automation.  Automation will make many jobs obsolete, so where are these people going to go to support themselves and their family?  You can't expect someone who has done one thing his entire life to start learning a new career from scratch, it's just not reasonable.  Jobs get phased out, but society doesn't really take care of those people afterwards. 

Companies should be incentivized to make more money, and make progress technologically, with automation or more efficiency or whatever.  But what shouldn't be happening is the majority of the profits just going back into the company.  We should be working as a society to make jobs easier for everyone in the workforce, in the country and eventually the entire world.  Instead we remove the jobs, tell people to fucking pull themselves up by their bootstraps(which is literally impossible to do by the way,) and let the owners and shareholders collect more and more wealth.  Eventually this can't continue, but we aren't quite there yet. 

This is where government should step in.  Regulations are EXTREMELY important to protect smaller businesses and average workers as well.  Look at Comcast, they basically dominate the entire market for cable in most of the US because no one is even allowed to compete with them.  Taxpayers paid for the lines to be built, and Comcast basically lobbies lawmakers to disallow anyone else to use them.  They have a stranglehold over most areas and no one can even compete, therefore they can price however they want, and treat customers however they want.  Now imagine if every industry was like this.  You need regulations to stop industries from exploiting everyone.

I realize I went a bit off topic from unemployment, but I believe all of these things are interconnected.  This whole "I got mine" mentality is never going to be able to work long term for the world. 

Of course, the government is not the only party responsible for unemployment, but it is the government that creates either favorable or adverse conditions for employment in the country.

Sometimes we push all the responsibility to the government without doing anything to solve our problems. In my own opinion it is the joint effort of the both parties that is the government and the citizens in solving unemployment, although the government has a large role to play.

It might seem funny, but the answer is in the meaning and purpose of 'government.'

A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, often a state. A government is like a clan with the purpose to govern the whole family or whole nation with powers of financial, military and civil laws. The main purpose of government is to seek the welfare of the civilians and to fulfill their need for the betterment of the nation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government

an organization that officially manages and controls a country or region, creating laws, collecting taxes, providing public services, etc.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/government?q=Government#dataset-cacd

Based on the definitions solving unemployment problem is one of the government's primary functions. BUT don't shift responsibility for your unemployment on government only: you must do something that depends on you so that you can get a job, while gov-t should help you by creating favorable conditions for your employment.

best thing a govenmenr can do for their population is a national socialist style mechanisation creating lots of surplusses that can the be creativly used by others.

In our current reality, yes, government is responsible for solving unemployment. People need to be managed to a certain degree to prevent inevitable imbalances between classes and provide the necessary infrastructure for jobs.

What the government may need to do in the future may change though, as technology is making more jobs obsolete. The "problem" of abundance being created and jobs being lost needs to be solved. This could require something like a fixed universal income by adding a value added tax to goods.. What people would do in this new leisure-based society is still yet to be determined. Maybe life itself will be digitized by the time we reach this point and any income will be obsolete. Who knows.

We must also understand that Government alone cannot solve unemployment. People need to take more responsibility and create the future they want. the only thing i think the government can do is to create an enabling environment that enables businesses to grow.

I think that you are partially right, but do not forget that creating new jobs does not mean creating sinecura. I think the government is able and has to stimulate private sector to develop. This is the only way to decrease the unemployment.

The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) just put out a report that predicts that while technology (especially AI) will have a huge impact on employment, it will be up to the government to make policy accordingly.  Governments will have to make sure the pre-college educational system gives kids a more technologically marketable education.
So yes, employment is the government’s job.  FDR knew that with the Works Programs he implemented in the US in the wake of the 1929 Depression there. 

Today, the unemployment rate is high so this situation is only solved by the state. The state should promote the development of factory enterprises to create jobs for employees because the state has great power and finance.

Government on one part is responsible in solving the issue of unemployment. On the other hand individual should shoulder the responsibility of unemployment to assist government and further make things work in the society. Government part on this matter is more and also very clear but people at the helm of affair are always the problem. On the part of government there are lay down policies to work with each time a new administration come on board. Government is faced with the challenge to make sure her citizens have an enabling environment upon which many investments and businesses can thrive. The individuals that also decide to acquire some skill and put it to use in solving a problem no matter how little and from there grow gradually to become known.

I think that it is, because government should take care of it's citizens. That's why it should create a new jobs to solve unemployment.

Yeah, you answered it. Thanks. I guess it just comes down to cutting taxes for businesses and simplifying regulations. I think they could also simplify the business registration process, so it's a very easy thing to do. I also think that business failure should be destigmatized. It's very common for entrepreneurs to fail. People should understand that that's normal and it's okay. When entrepreneurs fail, they receive invaluable experience that can help them do better next time.

unemployment problem relies to government movement to secure jobs for its own people...they must seek for investors to build businesses in the country to create jobs...stablish a market where people can work...showcase some events where people can show their skills and their crafts...

That's right. The government is elected, i.e. people trust them and expect them to solve the problems that exist in the country. That's why they vote for them and it means the government IS responsible for lots of things in the country including solving unemployment problem by making people-friendly laws to promote employment.

A correct / promoting business climate is one which has competitive taxes when comparing it to the countries that are near them -- which would be mean at least matching the corporate tax rate of other similar countries to yours in the world. This is being achieved through President Trumps TCJA which slashed the Corporate tax rate to 21 percent for all businesses.

Then you should attempt to remove regulations which are hurting business, this is a tough one -- don't get me wrong, as some regulations are necessary to ensure the safety of people. This is something where you institute a bipartisan committee who weigh the economic cost of certain regulations and see if they're really needed -- this is a tough one, but is very necessary as businesses spend a boatload of money in regulatory compliance cost yearly.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head for now, but there are multiple other things which could be delved into -- such as easy access to capital, and so on and so forth.

Hope I answered your question.

Yes. A matter of fact is that they hold their territory as superiors in this society. They are responsible for solving unemployment issues which is really a long time issue before. People have decided to put their trust on them, and they should also do their part, not just an official,  but a concerned citizen of this community.

in my oppinion a government is also there to communicate with the population that it has a secure supply of goods and is secure from explotation or enslavement, above that all good governments are creating unemployment.

there is nothing great about creating jobs.

its great if jobs are being removed. and people get a basic economic supply so they can be creative.

regards

What do you think providing a correct business climate should entail? I agree with you that the government should be less involved, rather than more involved. I feel like one of the best things that the government could do is to work on education. Since they've taken on public education, they can just put it in there. Schools talk way too little about business. That's not what they were made for. They were made to produce factory workers. I think if we had encouraging classes about entrepreneurship and patents etc. that we'd have a lot more business, a lot more competition, a lot more progress and a lot more jobs. It should become an important part of the culture. They could also do advertisements encouraging people to pursue their business ideas. They could provide support for small business owners. I think this would be a very good option.

The government (in my eyes) only resposnsibility is giving companies a pro-business climate in order to succeed which will in turn lead to the unemployment falling.


For the first portion of what you're saying, I don't think the government has much of a place in picking/advising much in terms of where people should be working. Don't get me wrong, I do want people to come out of school with a career that they can jump right into -- but I think government involvement in trying to get people jobs is JUST going to lead to a larger federal government which isn't succeeding in its task anyway (see the government getting involved in secondary school, and what they've caused in terms of price increases)

I agree with the second portion, though you don't want businesses to start relying on more and more gov handouts -- as this just leads to crony capitalism which has fully entrenched the US (and the world)

Meh, the third thing isn't really needed.

The governments only task is providing the correct business climate, anything else and we're entering a system where the government is the primary employer of people -- which isn't something that I'll ever want to see. Leave it up to private enterprise and we'll be fine.

The government cannot provide all the employment needed by all the graduates every year. The problem with unemployment I think is not because of lack of job opportunities. Everyone wants a white collar job, wants an office job, wants city job. The truth is, no one wants to work the soil, the land, no one wants to cultivate a field and complain they dont have work.

Increasing the cost of foreign goods need to take into account that Your product will not be bought in another country, and most likely it will raise the price too.Unemployment is certainly a problem but it needs to be solved by other methods

solving unemployment is easy.

problem is what will be the result and how will the population feel and think about it?

regards

I believe that governent is the one who is responsible to solve unemployment. This is because the government is also the one that is responsible in creating many jobs. The problems like this arise from the lack of acts of government to improve their evonomy and the people's lives. But at some point, let's also be responsible on our ownselves. If we don't have a job, then go find some or try to make a job for yourself. Thus, it is clear that government is responsible for unemployment as well as those unemployed people.

I comparatively believe the government has an integral and imperative role in attenuating
unemployment in general in any nation. It has a big role to play and for some reason it
encourages and influences on the process of solving unemployment. If governments can offer
and produce certain livelihoods and jobs equally to people, people would have a definite chance
and shot at a better situation.

Unemployment is complex. Is government responsible for solving unemployment? Maybe - that's a deep political question about what the citizens of a democratic country desire and can only be resolved through legitimate political processes, like elections and voting. In an autocratic or plutocratic regime it's another question - what are the responsibilities of unelected leaders to their people, if any? The rulers of both democracies and non-democracies have a vested interest in keeping unemployment low -- high unemployment means mass unrest, economic paralysis, deflation, etc. This can lead to the toppling of governments through coups and civil wars. Therefore, governments of any stripe - if they intend on keeping their power (usually a good assumption - have an interest in and therefore will try to keep unemployment low (not zero though, but zero unemployment isn't necessarily desirable or possible because it's a good thing to have at least a portion of people unemployed who are in between and looking for jobs.).

So that's a response to the "responsibility" portion of the OP question. But, the other side of this question is what most people have responded to here: can the government 'solve' unemployment, or at least reduce it in desirable ways?

Yes, the government can lower unemployment - it absolutely can. But it can't lower unemployment for nothing - there are always tradeoffs. Sometimes those tradeoffs are worth it for the majority of the population, sometimes they are not. Sometimes they are worth it for the short term, but not for the long term or vice versa.

One way the government can reduce unemployment is to print more money. When a government is also in charge of the central bank, politicians with a short-term election horizon can use this technique to print money, lower unemployment, and win an election. The only problem is that as soon as the population adjusts their expectations for how much money is being printed (which they will as companies and citizens notice that they have more money but can still only buy the same amount of goods.. ) inflation rises, and unemployment falls back to where it was pre-government intervention (the 'natural' rate of unemployment, so to speak). Thus, in the short-term, unemployment was reduced, followed by an increase in inflation, followed by a return to the original unemployment. Crucially, this leaves the country in a state of higher inflation. Now, if you are the next politician, you do the same thing, badaboom bada bing -- until eventually you're running the government of Weimar Germany or Zimbabwe with rampant hyperinflation. And unemployment is probably much worse now too because of the collateral that kind of hyperinflation has on the mojo of an economy.

This is an argument for an independent central bank, free from the short-sightedness of political election cycles. But it also describes the inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment (look up the Phillips Curve). You can decrease unemployment, but only at the expense of inflation and vice versa. To reverse the increase in inflation, unemployment would actually have to rise. Reining in inflation is really hard and painful. The United States' central bank, the Fed, actually has a double mandate: to keep unemployment low and inflation low (around 2%). It's tools are blunt, but it tries to accomplish that.

Are tariffs a way to solve unemployment? No. It's a proposition couched in very shallow economic logic. As many others have pointed out, the direct economic consequence is that goods and services are more expensive for people in the country raising tariffs. Thus, families, organizations, firms now have less real money because they are spending more for the same goods that they could have gotten for cheaper pre-tariff. That's where the money is coming from.

You're absolutely right. It is true that unemployment issue should be handled by the government along with hunger and poverty, because that are the main problems every country could possibly have. Government should be able to provide job for their citizens so government could reduce unemployment level in their country. For example, government could provide free school for children from elementary to high school for those who can't afford. With better education, later they could educate others and create job fields to help others. Another example, government could provide bussiness institution for new bussiness comer, etc.

It may not always be worth it to go abroad just to buy things, but it is very very common for them to buy thing when they go abroad. The World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report said that Brazil's tariffs on imports is 11.5%. This is very significant if you're buying a big ticket item.

I found another site with countries that have even higher tariffs:
This is usually the kind of thing that developing countries do. Some countries even have 0% import tax.

Countries where social welfare schemes are properly implemented by the governments don’t have high levels of unemployment. In fact when a country has a large number of homeless and unemployed people, it is a clear indication that something is wrong with the way it is governed. But can governments be held completely responsible for loss of jobs and homes? Let’s examine.

Both internal and external factors can have a significant effect on a nation’s economy. A good government should be able to control the internal conflicts that might be causing joblessness. However, no government in the world can effectively control external affairs. For example, a lot of people lost jobs due to the economic crisis in 2008. Although recession was mainly in the US, its effect was felt all over the globe. In fact, the US recession caused job loss in countries like India and China. It affected India’s booming outsourcing industry. And because it was an external factor, the governments in India or China couldn’t do anything to ease its ramifications.

Nonetheless, there are many things that governments can do to reduce the severity of these problems and protect their citizens.

yes..one reason why they are put there    see we in the UK although  most of our politicians are ass holes and they are   FACT we still own them 
you don't like them vote them out..Also  you can become a politician if you have the right policies that your people likes   just need to get out and have ago ..

I pay taxes and some of those taxes get used to pay for politicians to make our lives better NOT their lives but ours  SO  what ever happens I EXPECT  my government
to make my life as happy as possible or they get FIRED   now to be happy you need money most of the time no money life is shit   so that means we need jobs or we do crime   and as we put them in power we don't want crime so they need to create jobs  WHY because that's why we pay them out are taxes   so our children have a future
too..


Now I find that many many think governments are the ENEMY?   you are right but that's because you let them   why you say  WELL you should string the nasty leaders up by their necks  but you have no balls ..

Take Mugabe how on earth did you no hang him   THEN YOU LET HIS BUDDY GET IN   CRAZY PEOPLE ..

AND THAT GIVES ME AN IDEA FOR A NEW TOPIC..BYE ..

Yes, He is. The government surely solves the unemployment, but we should know that it is not a simple problems even though in many countries it is as a common problems. In fact, we see that many countries seem still put much concern on it.

The state has all finances and materials you said, but the problem is not only about it. There are a lot of others problems to solve. Our task is not support our government start from a small or simple thing to solve this problem. And I thing Bitcoin contributes in helping the government reducing the unemployment.

I partly agree with this statement. Governments have tremendous financial means. They are powerful and could solve a lot of problems. Unfortunately, some people are just lazy. Naturally, they do not want to work. They just wait for their governments to give them money. Therefore it is hard to governments to help. It is also good to consider other possibilities such as self employment. It is good to be an entrepreneur. Job is good when you have one. When you are jobless, you can create yourself. After all, we are creators!

Oh, didn't even know that is a thing in Brazil. So, they go abroad just to buy stuff?

It's really a balancing act. At one end you want to keep industries at home to have people employed but at the same time you want those people to be able to make the most out of their income with cheap goods.

Yes government are partly responsible for the creation of jobs by enacting laws and policies that will that will create good business environment for entrepreneurs and investors

Hell no, the state always makes less effective investments than the market. Its job is to create a good environment for people to create jobs and businesses, not the other way around.

If you let people do their thing, you won't have a big unemployment.

unemployment isnt the crisis the crisis is an income crisis,

cryptomarket will create lots of jobs, even more that people want and many that will be damaging for the security of the people

Agree. They're the ones who define the rules of the game.

Yes, it is. It establishes the policies and rules for its people and if those policies and rules prevent you from being employed, then it is the government's fault.

Yes, a government is primarily responsible for living standards and conditions of their citizens, so they are responsible for it, sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly, but they're not the only party responsible for unemployment, of course.

Yeah, I guess that's also something to keep in mind. Some countries could retaliate. If you ban their exports to your country, they may ban your exports. The best way to bring money seems to be to export. I know that some countries already do something like the OP described. Brazil has very high import taxes. It's usually better to buy things made domestically there than imported things. The sad thing though is that many things are not made there, like computers. Brazilians constantly buy their electronics in other countries to bring back home. This makes life more expensive for citizens and less convenient.

Regulations made by goverments are causing the unemployment.

Not that simple though. More efficient producers can sell their stuff for cheaper, you keep those out of your country and costs skyrocket.

In the end what you'll get is a tariff war, just as other countries would find it harder to sell to you, you'd also find it harder sell to them.

The last thing we need is more government businesses. I think the best thing the state can do is finally start educating people about entrepreneurship. I don't like the current education at all, but it exists and most people go through it. I think it's so ridiculous that there's usually hardly any talk about entrepreneurship in schools. Where do you think jobs come from!? We need more people starting businesses and doing something on their own. It has to start from the bottom. Children need to understand that starting a business is a fine option to make a living.

Yes, unemployment can only be solved by the state The state has all of the finances and materials to create many many many businesses that can create enough job opportunities for all.

The government responsibility in this matter is quite big and it has to be done on long term and short term politics:

- help students get training in the fields there is need for jobs, not only what they'd like to do (maybe everybody wants to become astronaut, but there's much bigger need for IT&C engineers, for example)
  This is long term and has to be adjusted maybe even yearly. And it depends on the global prices for the input "materials" and resulted "products", since you cannot sanction imports/exports forever.

- give some help to the businesses that create jobs for long time
  Various subventions or bonuses. Better get 2 people work 4h/day than one working 8h (!), since both will be more fresh for the job and you'll get to feed 2 families instead of one.

- Help people getting bigger families = more children.
  Yes this means that in the future you may need even more jobs, but you also need more food, more schools, more cars, more shelter and so on. It's a cycle.


Maybe there other ideas/directions too, these were the first 3 that came into my mind.

This question has been in my mind for awhile and here is my view.

Yes unemployment can only be solved by the state. The state has all of the finances and materials to create many many many businesses that can create enough job opportunities for the majority can be empowered and later on employ others through their businesses.
How to solve unemployment.
-limit the imports
-make the foreign products expensive.If foreign milk is 1 dollar and american dollar is also 1 dollar make the foreign one 2 dollars by law and the state will win the 1 dollar from it.
That will make the foreign products more expensive and people will avoid them buying more products of his/her country.That will give more money to the state (or induviduals) so more factories will be created,more people will work,more products will be created,the state will have more exports so more money that will help it create more factories giving even more jobs.
Whats your thought?