Real World Labor

Edited by Alejandro Reuss and Chris Sturr

Real World Labor cover
Edition:
3rd
Date of publication:
June 2016
Pages:
250
ISBN:
978-1-939402-25-7
Price:
$34.95



  • Chapter 1: Introduction: Labor and Capital
    • 1.1 The Economic Dependency Trap of Capitalism Cynthia Kaufman
    • 1.2 What is Labor? Alejandro Reuss
    • 1.3 The 99%, the 1%, and the Class Struggle Alejandro Reuss
    • 1.4 Manicures, Pedicures, and Commodity Fetishism Zoe Sherman
    • 1.5 Household Labor, Caring Labor, Unpaid Labor Nancy Folbre
  • Chapter 2: Labor Law, Policy, and Regulation
    • 2.1 U.S. Labor Law—Stacked Against Workers Andrew Strom
    • 2.2 What a Difference Labor Law Can Make: Comparing the U.S. and Canada Alejandro Reuss
    • 2.3 Unregulated Work Siobhan McGrath and Nina Martin
    • Spotlight: The Minimum Wage
    • 2.4 Is a $15 Minimum Wage Economically Feasible? Jeannette Wicks-Lim
    • 2.5 Assessing Those CBO Numbers on the Minimum Wage Dean Baker
    • 2.6The Minimum Wage and Inflation Arthur MacEwan
  • Chapter 3: The Labor Market, Wages, and Working Conditions
    • 3.1 What Happened to Wages? Gerald Friedman
    • 3.2 What's Good for Wal-Mart...John Miller
    • 3.3 From Kings of the Road to Serfs of the Company Dan La Botz
    • 3.4 Detroit and Deindustrialization Barry Bluestone
    • Spotlight: Labor Organization and Inequality
    • 3.5 Creating Decent Jobs: The Role of Unions Jeannette Wicks-Lim
    • 3.6 Unions and Income Inequality Arthur MacEwan
    • 3.7 The Purloined Trillions James M. Cypher
  • Chapter 4: Ownership and Control
    • 4.1 Pursuing Profits—Or Power? James K. Boyce
    • 4.2 What Are Corporations? Alejandro Reuss
    • 4.3 Taming the Corporate Beast Marianne Hill
    • 4.4 Private Equity Moguls and the Common Good John Miller
    • 4.5 The Meaning of Market Basket Alejandro Reuss
    • 4.6 Scripted Talk Adria Scharf
  • Chapter 5: Unions and Organizing Strategies
    • 5.1 What's Behind Union Decline in the United States? Alejandro Reuss
    • 5.2 We're Not Lovin' It Nicole Aschoff
    • 5.3 Florida Tomato Pickers Demand "Fair Food" Dan Schneider
    • 5.4 Battling Business-as-Usual Unionism Brian Walsh
    • Spotlight: Public Sector Workers
    • 5.5 State Workers Face a Compensation Penalty Ethan Pollack
    • 5.6 Teachers, Secretaries and Social Workers: The New Welfare Moms? Randy Albelda
  • Chapter 6: Employment and Unemployment
    • 6.1 The "Natural Rate" of Unemployment Robert Pollin
    • 6.2 The Real Unemployment Rate John Miller
    • 6.3 Unemployment: A Jobs Deficit or a Skills Deficit? John Miller and Jeannette Wicks-Lim
    • 6.4 Our Triple Jobs Crisis Alejandro Reuss
    • 6.5 The Job-Killing Robot Myth Dean Baker
    • 6.6. The Human Toll of Greek Austerity Evita Nolka
    • Spotlight: Insecure Labor
    • 6.7 The Gig Economy Gerald Friedman
    • 6.8 "Just Cause" and Job Insecurity Rand Wilson
  • Chapter 7: Labor Market Segmentation and Discrimination
    • 7.1 It Pays to Be White Jeannette Wicks-Lim
    • 7.2 Black-White Income Differences: What's Happened? Arthur MacEwan
    • 7.3 Why We All Need Affirmative Action Jeannette Wicks-Lim
    • 7.4 The Wages of Gender Gerald Friedman
    • 7.5 Comparable Worth Amy Gluckman
  • Chapter 8: The Welfare State
    • 8.1 Welfare Reform and the Campaign to Regulate American Workers Frances Fox Piven
    • 8.2 The Big Lie About the "Entitlement State" Alejandro Reuss
    • 8.3 Skew You John Miller
    • 8.4 Bernie Sanders' Health-Care Revolution Gerald Friedman
    • 8.5 Putting the Screws to Generation Screwed John Miller
    • Spotlight: Retirement
    • 8.6 Hard Work at an Advanced Age Amy Gluckman
    • 8.7 The Pension-Busters' Playbook Katherine Sciacchitano
    • 8.8 What's Behind the Big Pension Shift? Arthur MacEwan
  • Chapter 9: Labor and the Environment
    • 9.1 Jobs vs. the Environment? Arthur MacEwan
    • 9.2 We Need a (Green) Jobs Program Jeannette Wicks-Lim
    • 9.3 A Superfund for Workers Jeremy Brecher
    • 9.4 Sustainability Squared Polly Cleveland
  • Chapter 10: Labor and the Global Economy
    • 10.1 The Globalization Clock Thomas Palley
    • 10.2 Why the Loss of Manufacturing Jobs? Arthur MacEwan
    • 10.3 Outsized Offshore Outsourcing John Miller
    • 10.4 International Labor Standards Arthur MacEwan
    • 10.5 The Agony of Mexican Labor Today Dan La Botz
    • 10.6 German Wage Suppression John Miller
    • 10.7 Missing Women Workers Sirisha C. Naidu
  • Chapter 11: Immigration
    • 11.1 Walled Off From Reality John Miller
    • 11.2 These Things Can Change David Bacon and Rosario Ventura
    • 11.3 The Right to Stay Home David Bacon
    • 11.4 The Rise of Migrant Worker Militancy Immanuel Ness
    • 11.5 Equal Treatment for Immigrants Alejandro Reuss
  • Chapter 12: New Directions
    • 12.1 The Future of Work, Leisure, and Consumption Juliet Schor
    • 12.2 Where are Today's Mass Movements? Trudy Goldberg
    • 12.3 Campus Struggles Against Sweatshops Continue Sarah Blaskey and Phil Gasper
    • 12.4 After Horror, Change? John Miller
    • 12.5 Chinese Workers Stand Up John Miller
    • 12.6 What Would Full Employment Cost? Arthur MacEwan
    • 12.7 The Sharing Economy Needs a Public Option Dean Baker
    • 12.8 Labor's Capital Adria Scharf
    • 12.9 Co-op Economics Nancy Folbre
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