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L’invention de l’indemnisation du chômage aux États-Unis. Le capitalisme raisonnable, l’emploi et la responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise selon J.R. Commons et l’école du Wisconsin

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  • Laure Bazzoli
  • Thierry Kirat

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This paper deals with the process of construction of the first act establishing an unemployment compensation scheme in the United States (1932 Wisconsin Unemployment Compensation Act). It focuses on the contributions made by J.R. Commons and Wisconsin institutionalism to the Act. A very large part of the 1932 law can be explained by its rooting in pragmatist social philosophy. It encompasses precise and original propositions aiming to infuse capitalism with reasonability, promote corporate social responsibility, and strengthen democratic requirements in the economy. The paper underlines how this first Act, associated with Institutional Economics, and the debates that it has raised have influenced the American system of unemployment insurance instituted in 1935.

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  • Laure Bazzoli & Thierry Kirat, 2018. "L’invention de l’indemnisation du chômage aux États-Unis. Le capitalisme raisonnable, l’emploi et la responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise selon J.R. Commons et l’école du Wisconsin," Revue française de socio-Economie, La découverte, vol. 0(2), pages 165-184.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:rfsdec:rfse_021_0165
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    1. Thierry Kirat & Frédéric Marty, 2020. "From the First World War to the National Recovery Administration (1917-1935) - The Case for Regulated Competition in the United States during the Interwar Period," CIRANO Working Papers 2020s-66, CIRANO.
    2. Thierry Kirat & Frédéric Marty, 2021. "De la Grande Guerre à la National Recovery Administration (1917-1935). Les arguments en faveur d’une concurrence régulée dans les États-Unis de l’entre-deux-guerres," Revue de l'OFCE, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 0(1), pages 239-275.

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