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The Council starts by asking what kinds of employment could be most readily expanded and what kinds of action government could take to increase employment within the market economy context. An alternative to the existing policies for reducing unemployment is outlined. A program of tax reforms, which the Council believes would generate more jobs, is suggested. This would involve some reprioritising within government economic policy and mean that the creation of new jobs would be given as much attention as the need to restrain inflation. This chapter was originally published in 1997 by the Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland as part of a report entitled 'Unemployment and the future of work'.