The Once and Future Worker A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America
epub | 1.58 MB | English | Author :Oren Cass | B07VB9X79V | 2020 | Encounter Books

Book Description :

With Donald Trump's rise to the presidency has come widespread awareness of the economic and social crisis facing much of the nation. Yet while everyone now cares, no one understands what happened or kno what to do. Most recommendations presume that we should proceed down our present path while somehow creating better government programs to drag along everyone falling behind. "I'm for globalization and a strong safety net" seems likely to become for the next generation of insulated but determinedly respectable professionals what "I'm socially liberal and fiscally conservative" was for the last. How this differs from what we have been trying, or why it should work better, is anyone's guess.
The Once and Future Worker steps into this gaping void. It explains how decades of bad public policy, not irresistible and uncontrollable forces, have pushed America to the brink. The 1960s are known for their social upheaval, but the decade also marked the bipartisan transition to a...

Category : | Public Policy, Economic Policy & Development, Economic Conditions