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The Remedy for Unemployment

By Alfred Russel Wallace
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An essay argues that chronic unemployment cannot be cured by scattered local schemes or temporary public works and criticizes a proposed Unemployed Workmen Bill for leaving planning to many local authorities. The author maintains that unemployment is a national symptom demanding central organisation to group and train the unemployed so they can produce primary necessities for use rather than for market profit, secure adequate sustenance, and receive wages reflecting the full product of labour. He cautions that nonreproductive projects and fragmented administration will fail, and outlines practical government-led measures and supervision to make production for use feasible and to provide stable employment and healthier living standards.

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Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, and biologist, best known for independently formulating the theory of evolution through natural selection, a concept he presented alongside Charles Darwin. His extensive travels in the Amazon and the Malay Archipelago provided him with rich insights into biodiversity and biogeography, which he documented in works such as "A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro." Wallace also contributed to various fields, including entomology and anthropology, and was an advocate for spiritualism later in life, as reflected in his book "A Defence of Modern Spiritualism." His legacy endures in the realms of science and literature, marking him as a pivotal figure in the history of evolutionary thought.

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