Betrayal of Work How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans and Their Families

Name: Betrayal of Work How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans and Their Families
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ISBN: 9781595580009

ISBN-10: 159558000X

ISBN-13: 9781595580009

Edition: 2005

Authors: Beth Shulman

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The book Newsweek's Anna Quindlen said "should be required reading for every presidential candidate and member of Congress." Following its publication in hardcover, the critically acclaimed The 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 portraiture, common sense, and…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: New Press, The
Publication date: 9/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 255
Size: 5.22" wide x 7.51" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface to the Paperback Edition


Introduction



Three Workers



Piling On: Why It's About More Than Money



In the Heart of Our Economy and Our Lives



The Demography of a Caste



How Low-Wage Jobs Damage Us All



An Apology for Indifference



A Question of Power



A Compact with Working Americans


Notes


Index