Working and living in the shadow of economic fragility / edited by Marion G. Crain, Michael Sherraden.

This study examines the current state of employment through historical, macroeconomic, cultural, sociological and policy lenses, in order to address fundamental questions about the role and value of work in America today. The book offers suggestions for how to address the short- and long-term challe...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Oxford Scholarship Online)
Other Authors: Crain, Marion G. (Editor), Sherraden, Michael W. (Michael Wayne), 1948- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
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Summary:This study examines the current state of employment through historical, macroeconomic, cultural, sociological and policy lenses, in order to address fundamental questions about the role and value of work in America today. The book offers suggestions for how to address the short- and long-term challenges of rebuilding a society of opportunity with meaningful and sustaining jobs as the foundation of the American middle class.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxviii, 260 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190218249 (ebook)
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199988488.001.0001
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on print version record.