Designing a World Without Unemployment — Hardcover

Joblessness is not an option. It is a design failure — and it can be fixed.

Across the globe, unemployment is becoming an uncontrollable socioeconomic problem. This book raises a fundamental question: What if unemployment is not an inevitable condition, but a failure of system design?

In Designing a World Without Unemployment, Oyewole Taye Salami challenges one of the most persistent assumptions in modern economics: that joblessness is a natural outcome of market forces. Instead, he presents a bold and practical alternative — a participation ecosystem that systematically connects human capability to unmet societal needs.

Drawing from economics, public policy, systems thinking, and development theory, this book introduces a new framework for organizing work in the 21st century. Moving beyond traditional labor market solutions, it proposes a coordinated institutional architecture capable of generating continuous, meaningful participation at scale.

This Book Offers:

• A systemic model for eliminating structural unemployment
• New approaches to value creation beyond wages
• Strategies for scaling workforce participation locally and globally
• A practical roadmap for implementation

Who This Book Is For:

Primary: Government policymakers, Ministries of Labor & Economic Planning, Multilateral Development Institutions, Employment Agencies, Legislative Reform Bodies

Secondary: Universities & research institutes, Labor economists, Think tanks, NGOs & development organizations

Tertiary: Future-of-work scholars, Social entrepreneurs, Economic reform advocates

For policymakers, economists, development practitioners, and forward-thinking leaders, this book provides a compelling blueprint for rethinking employment in a rapidly changing world.