Labour Economics

Originally self-published in 1985, Paul Graham's renowned series, 'Beyond Caring', was made in the waiting rooms and corridors of the Social Securi...

An indispensable investigation into the American unemployment system and the ways gender and class affect the lives of those looking for workThroug...

A candid explanation of how the labor market really works and is central to everythingand why it is not as healthy as we thinkRelying on unemployme...

'A meticulously researched and balanced history' The Times 'Highly-readable and well-researched' The Sunday Times 'Faultless account of the twist...

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes makes the case that one percenters like him should pay their fortune forward in a radically simple way: a guarante...

Longlisted for the Orwell Prize, 2019 ____________The Times Round-up of the Best Non-fiction Paperbacks, 2019The Times Best Current Affairs and Big...

Stitching the 24-Hour City reveals the intense speed of garment production and everyday life in Dongdaemun, a lively market in Seoul, South Korea. ...

The Arab Spring exposed the fundamental weakness of the non-oil Arab economies, namely, the imbalance between population growth and the labour mark...

In book two of the series My Job: Real People at Work Around the World, author Suzanne Skees profiles three professionals from each of the followin...

[Casss] core principlea culture of respect for work of all kindscan help close the gap dividing the two Americas. William A. Galston, The Brooking...

Une meme question a ete posee a une equipe de chercheurs specialises dans les relations du travail dans les principales economies post-industrielle...

The 116th Congress recently enacted benefits related to two unemployment insurance (UI) programs: Unemployment Compensation (UC) and Disaster Unemp...

If you could instantly make the worlds poor twice as rich but at the same time make the worlds rich twice as prosperous wouldnt you do it? This i...

This book presents urban transition experiences over nearly three decades in Bangalore based on the narratives of the city's street-based sex worke...

This book sheds light on the phenomenon of white rage, and maps out the uneasy relationship between white anxiety, religious fervour, American iden...

We are led to believe that an endemic of overwork, debt, the underfunding of public services, gross inequality and poor mental health are sadly una...