Title The once and future worker : a vision for the renewal of work in America / Oren Cass

Edition First American edition Published New York : Encounter Books, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (258 pages) Contents Introduction: the working hypothesis -- Part I. What work is worth -- As American as economic pie -- Productive pluralism -- The labor market -- A future for work -- Part II. Turning around -- The environment and the economy -- How the other half learns -- Of borders and balance -- More perfect unions -- The wage subsidy -- Part III. Beyond the market -- For those who cannot work -- The social wages of work -- Conclusion: the lost generation Summary With Donald Trump's rise to the presidency has come widespread awareness of the economic and social crisis facing much of the nation. Yet while everyone now cares, no one understands what happened or knows what to do. Most recommendations presume that we should proceed down our present path while somehow creating better government programs to drag along everyone falling behind. "I'm for globalization and a strong safety net" seems likely to become for the next generation of insulated but determinedly respectable professionals what "I'm socially liberal and fiscally conservative" was for the last. How this differs from what we have been trying, or why it should work better, is anyone's guess. The Once and Future Worker steps into this gaping void. It explains how decades of bad public policy, not irresistible and uncontrollable forces, have pushed America to the brink. The 1960s are known for their social upheaval, but the decade also marked the bipartisan transition to a national economic policy that sacrificed the needs and interests of workers in pursuit of faster growth and rising consumption. That mistake has eroded the foundation of productive work and destabilized the structures of family and community on which long-term prosperity depends. Looking through the lens of work flips the national debate on its head-or, rather, returns it to its feet. New approaches to reform emerge for the environment and organized labor, trade and immigration, education and the safety net. "Growing the economic pie" transforms from a pleasant platitude to the most insidious phrase in politics. The result is dismay at what we have done to ourselves, but also optimism that a thriving society remains within reach Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 26, 2018) Subject Political planning -- United States Wages -- United States Foreign workers -- United States Labor market -- United States BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. Economic policy Foreign workers Labor market Political planning Social policy Wages SUBJECT United States -- Economic policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140033 United States -- Social policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140547 Subject United States Form Electronic book LC no. 2018021379 ISBN 9781641770156 1641770155 9781641771054 1641771054

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