Cut Loose (eBook, ePUB)
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Partner: | buecher.de |
Hersteller: | University of California Press (Chen, Victor Tan) |
Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Years after the Great Recession, the economy is still weak, and an unprecedented number of workers have sunk into long spells of unemployment. Cut Loose provides a vivid and moving account of the experiences of some of these men and women, through the example of a historically important group: autoworkers. Their well-paid jobs on the assembly lines built a strong middle class in the decades after World War II. But today, they find themselves beleaguered in a changed economy of greater inequality and risk, one that favors the well-educated—or well-connected. Their declining fortunes in recent decades tell us something about what the white-collar workforce should expect to see in the years ahead, as job-killing technologies and the shipping of work overseas take away even more good jobs. Cut Loose offers a poignant look at how the long-term unemployed struggle in today´s unfair economy to support their families, rebuild their lives, and overcome the shame...
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