The monetarist policies used to defeat inflation caused large-scale unemployment.
And if we do automate, will we be able to cope with the problems of large-scale unemployment?
The lifetime of the Thatcher governments has been dominated by large-scale unemployment.
Despite presiding over large-scale unemployment the Conservatives were returned to office by huge majorities.
Suddenly, large-scale unemployment shook the country after years of dramatically rising expectations.
There was large-scale unemployment, and a chronic foreign trade deficit.
If that happens, policy-makers can judge whether they prefer this to large-scale unemployment, or indeed have a bit of both.
That large-scale unemployment is a constitutive function of 21st century global capitalism?
Other concerns include large-scale unemployment and the need to diversify the petroleum-based economy.
Many countries struggle with large budget deficits which they would not have at all if they were to abolish large-scale unemployment.