The expendables : how the middle class got screwed by globalisation
Rubin, Jeff, 1954-2020
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We are constantly being told that globalisation is good for the economy and good for us, but it's actually the opposite, argues bestselling author Jeff Rubin in this provocative, timely book. In the pre-coronavirus world, governments and economists bragged that GDP was growing and unemployment was down. But even then, real wages had been stagnant for decades, union membership had collapsed, and full-time employment no longer guaranteed you could pay the bills. When we emerge from the virus, it would be nice to think that living in a country that's getting richer means that you're getting richer too, but that's not the way it works anymore. Articulating a vision that, remarkably, dovetails with the ideas of both Naomi Klein and Donald Trump, 'The Expendables is an exhilaratingly fresh perspective that is at once humane and irascible, fearless and rigorous.
Main title:
Author:
Rubin, Jeff, 1954-, author
Imprint:
London : Scribe UK, 2020.
Collation:
352 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781913348342 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
303.482
Language:
English
BRN:
2248496