The betrayal of work : how low-wage jobs fail 30 million Americans and their families / Beth Shulman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shulman, Beth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wages--United States.

Wages.

Income distribution--United States.

Income distribution.

Families--Economic aspects--United States.

Families.

Working poor--United States.

Working poor.

Working poor--United States--Case studies.

United States--Economic conditions--2001-2009.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

[Paperback ed.].

Place of Publication:

New York : New Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Following its publication in hardcover, the critically acclaimed Betrayal of Work became one of the most influential policy books about economic life in America; it was discussed in the pages of Newsweek, Business Week, Fortune, the Washington Post, Newsday, and USA Today, as well as in public policy journals and in broadcast interviews, including a one-on-one with Bill Moyers on PBS's NOW. The American Prospect's James K. Galbraith's praise was typical: ?Shulman's slim and graceful book is a model combination of compelling po

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Three Workers; CHAPTER 2 Piling On: Why It's About More Than Money; CHAPTER 3 In the Heart of Our Economy and Our Lives; CHAPTER 4 The Demography of a Caste; CHAPTER 5 How Low-Wage Jobs Damage Us All; CHAPTER 6 An Apology for Indifference; CHAPTER 7 A Question of Power; CHAPTER 8 A Compact with Working Americans; Notes; Index

Notes:

"With a new preface".

Originally published: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613786050

9781281605368

1281605360

9781595587299

1595587292

OCLC:

741492563