Introduction; P.Arestis & J.McCombie The Labour Market in Light of Flexibility and Globalization; E.Karakitsos Why Do Some Economies Have Lower Unemployment Rates Than Others?; J.Cornwall & W.Cornwall Historical Examination of the Golden Age of Full Employment in Western Europe; A.Singh The 'Thatcher Experiment' 1979-1990: Did it Lead to the Economic Renaissance of the UK?; N.F.B.Allington & J.McCombie Employer of Last Resort and the War on Poverty: Hyman Minsky's Contributions; L.R.Wray Why Public Sector Job Creation Should be Fashionable; W.Mitchell Capital Stock and Unemployment: Searching for the Missing Link; A.Palacio-Vera, A.R.Martínez-Cañete, E.M.De La Cruz & I.P.-S.Aguilar Does Technological Change Induce Unemployment?; S.Basu & S.Mallick Welfare State and Unemployment; J.Ferreiro & F.Serrano Perspectives of Workers with Low Qualifications in Germany under the Pressures of Globalization and Technical Progress; H.Hagemann & R.Rukwid