BETRAYAL OF WORK : How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans: How Low-wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans And Their Families - Softcover

Beth Shulman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159558000X ISBN 13: 9781595580009

Publisher: The New Press, 2003

Synopsis

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 portraiture, common sense, and understated conviction."

Beth Shulman’s powerfully argued book offers a full program to address the injustice faced by the 30 million Americans who work full time but do not make a living wage. As the influential Harvard Business School newsletter put it, Shulman "specifically outlines how structural changes in the economy may be achieved, thus expanding opportunities for all Americans." This edition includes a new afterword that intervenes in the post-election debate by arguing that low-wage work is an urgent moral issue of our time.

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Review:

"The Betrayal of Work is the perfect accompaniment to Nickel and Dimed. I wish I’d written it myself!"
Barbara Ehrenreich

Synopsis:

Following in the footsteps of Barbara Ehrenreich's 2001 bestseller Nickel and Dimed, The Betrayal of Work provides the fullest portrait of America's working poor. Beth Schulman spent several years travelling across the country, talking to those on low wages. She dispels a number of myths along the way: that lower unemployment has meant better living conditions for the poor; that making bad jobs into good jobs requires insurmountably difficult reforms; that low-wage work is always low-skilled. The Betrayal of Work includes recommendations on how to build on current public policy in this area. As the influential Harvard Business School newsletter put it, Shulman "specifically outlines how structural changes in the economy may be achieved, thus expanding opportunities for all Americans." This edition includes a new afterword that intervenes in the post-election debate by arguing that law-wage work is an urgent moral issue of our time.

About this edition

• Publisher: The New Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 159558000X
• ISBN 13: 9781595580009
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272