Laura Carvalho: government only generates jobs on its own.
"If you look at the data, all that's being generated is self-employment, without formal contracts; even the newspapers have been reporting this," says economist Laura Carvalho. "This idea that we have to accept neutral unemployment means that we also have to accept our level of social inequality, which is quite high. Who is unemployed? Who lost their jobs with the crisis? They are the most vulnerable workers, those at the base of the pyramid," she emphasizes.
247 - "If you look at the data, all that's being generated is self-employment, without formal contracts; even the newspapers have been reporting this," says economist Laura Carvalho to CAASP magazine. "There's no doubt that we're talking about a labor market that's still struggling, and in an economy with an abundance of labor. Less qualified labor, it's true, and it will only be employed if the construction sectors, etc., are revived," she says.
"This idea that we have to accept neutral unemployment means that we also have to accept our level of social inequality, which is quite high. Who is unemployed? Who lost their jobs with the crisis? They are the most vulnerable workers, who are at the base of the pyramid and who will not have a chance to return to the consumer society and have a dignified life if this rate is maintained," he concludes.