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Securing Prosperity: The American Labor Market: How It Has Changed and What to Do about It
Paul Osterman
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Paperback. We live in an age of economic paradox. The dynamism of America's economy is astounding - the country's industries are the most productive in the world and spin off new products and ideas at a bewildering pace. Yet Americans feel deeply uneasy about their economic future. This work explains why these changes have occurred. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 line illus., 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
We live in an age of economic paradox. The dynamism of America's economy is astounding--the country's industries are the most productive in the world and spin off new products and ideas at a bewildering pace. Yet Americans feel deeply uneasy about their economic future. The reason, Paul Osterman explains, is that our recent prosperity is built on the ruins of the once reassuring postwar labor market. Workers can no longer expect stable, full-time jobs and steadily rising incomes. Instead, they face stagnant wages, layoffs, rising inequality, and the increased likelihood of merely temporary work. In Securing Prosperity, Osterman explains in ... Read more
We live in an age of economic paradox. The dynamism of America's economy is astounding--the country's industries are the most productive in the world and spin off new products and ideas at a bewildering pace. Yet Americans feel deeply uneasy about their economic future. The reason, Paul Osterman explains, is that our recent prosperity is built on the ruins of the once reassuring postwar labor market. Workers can no longer expect stable, full-time jobs and steadily rising incomes. Instead, they face stagnant wages, layoffs, rising inequality, and the increased likelihood of merely temporary work. In Securing Prosperity, Osterman explains in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691086880
SKU
V9780691086880
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About Paul Osterman
Paul Osterman is Professor of Human Resources and Management at the Sloan School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Getting Started: The Youth Labor Market and Employment Futures: Reorganization Dislocation, and Public Policy. He has been a senior administrator of job training programs for Massachusetts and served as a consultant for government agencies, foundations, community groups, and ... Read more
Reviews for Securing Prosperity: The American Labor Market: How It Has Changed and What to Do about It
"Drawing on new surveys of nearly 1000 corporations, Osterman reaches some interesting conclusions... [His] policy recommendations are thoughtful."
Jim Holt, Management Review
Jim Holt, Management Review