Chapter 4: Index The links listed below show the hierarchical structure of this Chapter and its various Footnote Articles. Please note, however that many other links exist between chapters and articles which connect the entire book into a network.

Unemployment
Innovative Effort

employee-plus - offering myself + a product + a project + a business plan

neural networks - one of the areas in which I attempted to find new work

Insurmountable Barriers

to Normal Employment	to Self-Employment
family circumstances mental illness diary of a relapse a form of torture torture takes its toll forced under threat a threatening letter interviewer ignorance skills shortage? ageism long term unemployment prior self-employment cost of searching for work downshifting	capital starvation image barrier personality barrier business deficiency corporate marketing market prejudice white elephants restrictive practices unfair competition offshore programmers corporate bullying personal example

Destructive Rules

procedural prison - trapped in the rituals of job search rules and restart courses

grid locked by the incompatibilities between 'permanent' and 'self' employment

self-destruction - the job-search rules force me to destroy my own job market

suspended freedoms - the unemployed are effectively under house arrest

Resource Starvation

a job-seeker on welfare is like a service company without a marketing budget

denied relocation - imprisoned in a locality in which there are no jobs

economic barriers - not allowed to write or funds to gain teaching qualification

Politicised Information

economic information is freely given to employers but denied to the job-seeker

the channels through which work can be sought are unworkably fragmented

unemployment figures - am I 'unemployed' or 'unwillingly economically inactive'?

Corporate High-Handedness

unfair non-negotiable contracts written by the employer or the corporate client

exploitation - being required to work for nothing at my own expense

need a condescending client - how tolerant he would now have to be

need a condescending employer - how tolerant he would now have to be

Public Contempt

public opinion reveres the idle rich and vomits contempt upon the unemployed

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