Intern Nation How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy

Name: Intern Nation How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy
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ISBN: 9781844676866

ISBN-10: 1844676862

ISBN-13: 9781844676866

Edition: 2011

Authors: Ross Perlin

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Every year, at least half a million Americans work as interns. They famously shuttle coffee in a thousand newsrooms, congressional offices, and Hollywood studios, but they also deliver aid in Afghanistan, build the human genome, and pick up garbage. They are increasingly of all ages, and their numbers are growing fast'”from 17 percent of college graduates in 1992 to 50 percent in 2008. Almost half of all internships are illegal under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and this mass exploitation saves firms more than $600 million each year. Interns enjoy no workplace protections and no standing in courts of law'”let alone benefits like healthcare. Here is the first exposé of the world of…

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List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 5/9/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

Ross Perlinnbsp;is a graduate of Stanford, SOAS and Cambridge. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, and the Guardian. He is researching disappearing languages in the US, China and the former Soviet Union.