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The big squeeze : tough times for the American worker
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- Creator
- Steven Greenhouse
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 365 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781400044894, 1400044898
- OCLC
- ocn183928554
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-346) and index.
- Worked over and overworked -- Workplace hell -- The vise tightens -- Downright Dickensian -- The rise and fall of the social contract -- Leaner and meaner -- Here today, gone tomorrow -- Wal-Mart, the low-wage colossus -- Taking the high road -- Overstressed and overstretched -- Outsourced and out of luck -- The lowest rung -- The state of the union -- Starting out means a steeper climb -- The not-so-golden years -- Lifting all boats
Subjects
- Industrial relations -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
- Working class -- United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
- Middle class -- United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
- Industrial policy -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
- Equality -- United States.
- United States -- Economic policy -- 21st century.