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Working Scared (Or Not at All)
The Lost Decade, Great Recession, and Restoring the Shattered American Dream
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2014
Summary
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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Copyright year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-1965-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-3801-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
210
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 01. Working Scared in America and the Great Recession No access Pages 1 - 20
Chapter 02. Is the American Worker Disposable? No access Pages 21 - 48
Chapter 03. New American Workplace Realities No access Pages 49 - 68
Chapter 04. Misery and Bleak Expectations for Older Unemployed Workers No access Pages 69 - 92
Chapter 05. Unfulfilled Expectations for Recent College and High School Graduates No access Pages 93 - 120
Chapter 06. Unfinished Business: Recovering from the Great Recession No access Pages 121 - 146
Chapter 07. Restoring the Shattered Dreams of American Workers No access Pages 147 - 174
