Idleness

• Employment White Paper


  1944
• The government was committed to working towards full employment
• Nationalisation of industries


  1. Government nationalised certain industries such as mining, railways and iron and steel

  2. State took over the running of these industries for the benefit of the people
• By 1946 the unemployment level was at 2.5%
• Nationalisation of industries


  • Unprofitable industries were subsidised in order to keep people in work
  • Government took control of certain industries such as iron and steel manufacture to keep unemployment rates very low