Not Working: Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?

by David G. Blanchflower

Book Overview

A candid explanation of how the labor market really works and is central to everything--and why it is not as healthy as we think

Relying on unemployment numbers is a dangerous way to gauge how the labor market is doing. Because of a false sense of optimism prior to the COVID-19 shock, the working world was more vulnerable than it should have been. Not Working is about how people want full-time work at a decent wage and how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691205493
• ISBN13: 9780691205496
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.3" x 7.9"