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Manfred DavidmannManfred Davidmann is an internationally well-known and respected scientist and consultant, and author of a number of books and reports which have had and are having considerable impact. His work usually breaks new ground and opens up new understanding and is written in meaningful and easily understood language. Outstanding is that his work is generally accepted as factual, objective and unbiased. More than 4 million of his reports have been downloaded from the Solhaam website so far. The Thirteen Most Popular Downloads
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"Unemployment has reached an unacceptable level" says Manfred Davidmann, and in his report 'Exporting and Importing of Employment and Unemployment', he investigates the effects of uncontrolled trade between low-wage and high-wage countries and the increasing unemployment and falling living standards in high-wage countries. It was Manfred Davidmann who first coined the phrase 'Exporting Employment and Importing Unemployment', and who ten years ago pointed to, and warned about, the social and economic consequences of what is now often euphemistically called 'outsourcing' or 'globalisation'. It is a principle of economics that social costs have to be paid by those causing them. But manufacturers and suppliers tend to increase their profits by passing on to the community the social costs of their operations, costs such as disposal of packaging and waste, or of polluting. "The social costs of unemployment have to be paid by the enterprise which caused the unemployment in the first place" says Manfred Davidmann. "Social costs need to be allowed for when taking decisions, need to be charged to the enterprise or organisation which is causing them. And this applies equally well to the social costs of redundancy and unemployment when transferring operations to countries with lower wages or fewer environmental safeguards." In his report, Manfred Davidmann concludes that current levels of unemployment are unacceptable and that enterprises need to pay to the community the social costs of their operations. "No matter which way you look at it, it is better and it is in our interest that wages and living standards in low-wage countries increase to our levels, and not the other way about."
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