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The knowledge economy, skills and government labour market intervention

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The development of the knowledge economy is common policy across all levels of government across the advanced economies. This article recognises the weaknesses inherent in this policy but, based on a critical analysis of the skill needs and skill formation of this economy, it outlines how, if such a policy is to be pursued, it might be better achieved. It first argues that government policy has become centred on an orthodoxy featuring a particular set of ‘thinking skills’ formed through the institutions of higher education – universities. This approach results in an exclusive knowledge economy and is, in effect, creating an over-supply of graduates. The article then outlines other, more inclusive accounts of the knowledge economy that recognise the need for a broader range of skills and which direct government policy towards intervention in the labour market through other institutions through which these skills might be formed – the family and trade unions.

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  • Chris Warhurst, 2008. "The knowledge economy, skills and government labour market intervention," Policy Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1), pages 71-86.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:cposxx:v:29:y:2008:i:1:p:71-86
    DOI: 10.1080/01442870701848053
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