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Longer Hours, Fewer Jobs: Employment and Unemployment in the United States

Michael D. Yates

Using charts, graphs, and cartoons, Michael Yates describes how unemployment, or the fear of it, is part of the life of every American worker. He outlines the changes in the structure of the labor market that have undermined the living standards of the employed. Tying these together, he provides an easily understood analysis of the economy and the social destruction brought on by its everyday functions.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Monthly Review Press
  • Publish Date: Jan 1st, 1994
  • Pages: 160
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.04in - 5.92in - 0.34in - 0.75lb
  • EAN: 9780853458883
  • Recommended age: 04-17
  • Categories: Labor - GeneralSociology - GeneralEconomic Conditions

About the Author

Yates, Michael D.: - Michael D. Yates is Editorial Director of Monthly Review Press. For many years, he taught working people in labor education programs throughout the United States, seeking to teach, speak, and write for and with the working class and not just about it. He has helped organize labor unions and has written extensively about them. His most recent book is Can the Working Class Change the World? (Monthly Review Press).