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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961999803321

Autore

Aronowitz Stanley

Titolo

Just around the corner : the paradox of the jobless recovery / / Stanley Aronowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, : Temple University Press, 2005

ISBN

9786611093877

9781281093875

1281093874

9781592131396

1592131395

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Disciplina

330.973

Soggetti

Unemployment - United States - History - 20th century

Labor - United States

Income distribution - United States

United States Economic policy

United States Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-156) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction; ONE: How We Got Here; TWO: The Reagan Revolution, the Clinton "Boom," and the Downsizing of America; THREE: It's the Technology, Stupid; FOUR: The Price of Neoliberal Globalization; FIVE: A Real Jobs and Income Program; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Americans have always believed that economic growth leads to job growth. In this groundbreaking analysis, Stanley Aronowitz argues that this is no longer true. Just Around the Corner examines the state of the American economy as planned by Democrats and Republicans over the last thirty years. Aronowitz finds that economic growth has become ""delinked"" from job creation, and that unemployment and underemployment are a permanent condition of our economy. He traces the historical roots of this state of affairs and sees under the surface of booms and busts a continuum of economic aust