Not Working: Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?

by David G. Blanchflower

Book Overview

A candid assessment of why the job market is not as healthy as we think

Don't trust low unemployment numbers as proof that the labor market is doing fine--it isn't. Not Working is about those who can't find full-time work at a decent wage--the underemployed--and how their plight is contributing to widespread despair, a worsening drug epidemic, and the unchecked rise of right-wing populism.

In this revelatory and outspoken...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691181241
• ISBN13: 9780691181240
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.4"