Cut Loose : Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy
العنوان: | Cut Loose : Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy |
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الوصف: | Years after the Great Recession, the economy is still weak, and an unprecedented number of workers have sunk into long spells of unemployment. Cut Loose provides a vivid and moving account of the experiences of some of these men and women, through the example of a historically important group: autoworkers. Their well-paid jobs on the assembly lines built a strong middle class in the decades after World War II. But today, they find themselves beleaguered in a changed economy of greater inequality and risk, one that favors the well-educated—or well-connected.Their declining fortunes in recent decades tell us something about what the white-collar workforce should expect to see in the years ahead, as job-killing technologies and the shipping of work overseas take away even more good jobs. Cut Loose offers a poignant look at how the long-term unemployed struggle in today's unfair economy to support their families, rebuild their lives, and overcome the shame and self-blame they deal with on a daily basis. It is also a call to action—a blueprint for a new kind of politics, one that offers a measure of grace in a society of ruthless advancement. |
المؤلفون: | Victor Tan Chen |
نوع المادة: | eBook. |
الموضوعات: | Automobile industry workers--United States--Case studies, Automobile industry workers--Canada--Case studies, Unemployed--Canada, Unemployed--United States |
تصنيفات: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General |
قاعدة البيانات: | eBook Business Collection (EBSCOhost) |
ردمك: | 9780520283008 9780520283015 9780520958852 |
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