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Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A book on why most things are more expensive or lower quality, and why we're all still working long hours for the same or lower wages. Does it ever seem like most things you buy are more expensive or not as good as they once were, or both? Does it ever seem odd that, despite having access to much better communication and cheaper transportation, we're all working just as many hours and for the same wages as workers decades ago? Well, we now know you're...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company, Independent Publishers Since 1923
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The United States bills itself as the land of opportunity, a place where anyone can achieve success and a better life through hard work and determination. But the facts tell a different story--the U.S. today lags behind most other developed nations in measures of inequality and economic mobility. For decades, wages have stagnated for the majority of workers while economic gains have disproportionately gone to the top one percent. Education, housing,...
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"After decades of off-shoring and downsizing that have left blue collar workers obsolete and stranded, the United States is now on the verge of an industrial renaissance. But we don't have a skilled enough labor pool to fill the positions that will be created, which are in many cases technically demanding and require specialized skills. A decades-long series of idealistic educational policies with the expressed goal of getting every student to go...
Author
Series
Worldwatch paper volume 152
Publisher
Worldwatch Institute
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
