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Jobs but not enough work. How power keeps workers anxious and wages low

  • Written by Barbara Pocock, Emeritus Professor University of South Australia, University of South Australia
Jobs but not enough work. How power keeps workers anxious and wages lowThe unemployment rate is 4.9%, but the underemployment rate is 8.1%Shutterstock

This is the third in a three-part mini-symposium on Wages, Unemployment and Underemployment presented by The Conversation and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Read the other pieces in the series here.

For the moment, Australia’s unemployment rate...

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