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The amount of unemployed in China may result in a much lower mean living standard than we are used to

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The article examines the possible impact the unemployed in China might make globally, and what impact it is already making in South East Asia

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Regardless of whether China's underemployed reach the industrial/service sectors, the capital to labour ratio is already adverse to the point that the austerity the likes of Europe is witnessing signifies a lower standard of living in terms of the global mean

Ed Whitfield

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This page is a summary of: China and the Great Doubling: Racing to the Top or Bottom of Global Labour Standards?, Global Policy, July 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.12252.
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