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The debt system
This compelling, provocative, and accessible volume offers a rejoinder to the prevailing wisdom that views debt as holy writ.
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The economics and regulation of digital markets
Presenting new findings and perspectives from leading international scholars on three critical areas of developing government policies: Digital markets and their regulation, the divergence of expert and public views on European democracy, and the effects of firing notification procedures on wage ...
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The economics of imperfect labor markets, third edition
The leading textbook on imperfect labor markets and the institutions that affect them—now completely updated and expandedToday's labor markets are witnessing seismic changes brought on by such factors as rising self-employment, temporary employment, zero-hour contracts, and the growth of the shar...
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The future of work
Sotelo offers an insightful analysis of the paradigmatic transformation of labor relations under neoliberalism.
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The industrialists
The first complete history of US industry's most influential and controversial lobbyistFounded in 1895, the National Association of Manufacturers—NAM—helped make manufacturing the basis of the US economy and a major source of jobs in the twentieth century. The Industrialists traces the history of...
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The lean years
A fascinating, comprehensive study of the American workforce, from the "roaring twenties" through the Great Depression.
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The neoliberal pattern of domination
Capitalism has always dominated our lives. In its Neoliberal phase this domination takes on new forms which are explored here.
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The poverty of work
This study takes readers inside the world of temping to discover a type of work dreadfully insecure yet growing rapidly.
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The price of rights
Many low-income countries and development organizations are calling for greater liberalization of labor immigration policies in high-income countries. At the same time, human rights organizations and migrant rights advocates demand more equal rights for migrant workers. The Price of Rights shows ...
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The profit paradox
A pioneering account of the surging global tide of market power—and how it stifles workers around the worldIn an era of technological progress and easy communication, it might seem reasonable to assume that the world’s working people have never had it so good. But wages are stagnant and prices ar...
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The richer, the poorer
The Richer, The Poorer charts the rollercoaster history of both rich and poor and the mechanisms that link wealth and impoverishment. This landmark book shows how, for 200 years, Britain’s most powerful elites have enriched themselves at the expense of surging inequality, mass poverty and weakene...
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The rise of precarious employment in europe
This book examines precarious employment in Europe through the economic crisis. It draws on two main sources: theories of how the financial and debt crisis coupled with labour market reforms to exacerbate precarity in the workforce; and data from the European Labour Force Survey from 2005-12, cap...
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The technology trap
"Made me look at the industrial revolution, invention, sleeping beauties, contexts and the forces that shape our societies differently."—David Byrne, New York Times Book ReviewHow the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age...
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The tolls of uncertainty
An indispensable investigation into the American unemployment system and the ways gender and class affect the lives of those looking for workThrough the intimate stories of those seeking work, The Tolls of Uncertainty offers a startling look at the nation’s unemployment system—who it helps, who i...
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The turbulent years
The era of American labor's greatest struggles, vividly reconstructed by one of labor history's greatest historians.
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The winding road to the welfare state
How did Britain transform itself from a nation of workhouses to one that became a model for the modern welfare state? The Winding Road to the Welfare State investigates the evolution of living standards and welfare policies in Britain from the 1830s to 1950 and provides insights into how British ...
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Theory as critique
Theory as Critique argues that the key to understanding Marx’s Capital lies in viewing it as a critique of economic theory.
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Time use in economics
Time Use in Economics contains original research on new aspects of time use compiled by Daniel S. Hamermesh, a long-time path-breaking labor economist leader in analyzing time use data, and Solomon W. Polachek, a pioneer in gender-related labor market research.
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Twenty-first century inequality & capitalism
Twenty-First Century Inequality & Capitalism collects critiques of Thomas Piketty’s 2014 book from different perspectives, such as those of critical theory, global political economy or public sociology, drawing on the work of Marx or the Marxist tradition.
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Working
Studs Terkel’s classic oral history of Americans’ working lives—and the inspiration for Barack Obama’s new Netflix series about work in the twenty-first century“Reading these stories, I started to consider my own place in the world, and understand how connected we are to one another. [Working] he...
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Workplace productivity and management practices
How firms are structured, the management practices they develop, as well as the way in which workers and managers interact can have wider implications for both the performance of the firm and the well-being of its workers. This volume contains ten original articles that investigate aspects relate...
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World in crisis
The most comprehensive empirically based defense of Marx’s law of profitability as the cause of Capitalist crises.
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