At the end of the twentieth century, with the economy booming and unemployment at historic lows, the American economy was a job-producing marvel. The first decade of the twenty-first century was entirely different as the worst economy in seventy years, the Great Recession, crushed the lives of tens of millions of workers and their families, forestalled careers, scrapped hopes for a college education, delayed retirements, and foreclosed family homes. American workers experienced the best and worst of times and have endured ...
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At the end of the twentieth century, with the economy booming and unemployment at historic lows, the American economy was a job-producing marvel. The first decade of the twenty-first century was entirely different as the worst economy in seventy years, the Great Recession, crushed the lives of tens of millions of workers and their families, forestalled careers, scrapped hopes for a college education, delayed retirements, and foreclosed family homes. American workers experienced the best and worst of times and have endured an entire "lost decade" of high unemployment, stagnant or declining incomes, and anxiety. Working Scared draws upon nearly 25,000 interviews with employed and unemployed Americans conducted from, 1998 to 2012. These "voices" of American workers tell a compelling story about wrenching structural changes and recessions during one of the most volatile periods in U.S. economic history. This book represents one of the most comprehensive social science research portraits of the views of American workers' about their jobs, the workplace, and government's role in the labor market. Working Scared will help citizens, policy makers, educators, business, union, and community leaders better understand what is happening to the United States workforce. It also describes the essential national priorities and policies that will assist frustrated, angry and scared American workers and the reforms that will help restore the American dream of secure employment and intergenerational progress.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. xvi, 195 pages: illustrations; 24 cm LCCN 2012043127 Type of material Book Personal name Van Horn, Carl E. Main title Working scared (or not at all): the lost decade, great recession, and restoring the shattered American dream / Carl E. Van Horn. Published/Produced Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013] Description xvi, 195 pages: illustrations; 24 cm ISBN 9781442219656 (cloth: alk. paper) LC classification HD5724. V358 2013 Contents Out of work or working scared in America--Is the American worker disposable? --New American workplace realities--Misery and bleak expectations for older unemployed workers--Unfulfilled expectations for recent college and high school graduates--Unfinished business: recovering from the Great Recession--Restoring the shattered dreams of American workers. LC Subjects Unemployment--United States. Labor market--United States. Recessions--United States. United States--Economic conditions--2009-United States--Economic policy--2009-Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Dewey class no. 331.10973 Geographic area code n-us---Invalid ISBN 9781442219663 (electronic) Content type text Media type unmediated Carrier type volume
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