The Job
Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change
Ellen Ruppel Shell
- Critically
- acclaimed
- journalist
- Ellen
- Ruppel
- Shell
- uncovers
- the
- true
- cost--political,
- economic,
- social,
- and
- personal--of
- America's
- mounting
- anxiety
- over
- jobs,
- and
- what
- we
- can
- do
- to
- regain
- control
- over
- our
- working
- lives.Since
- 1973,
- our
- productivity
- has
- grown
- almost
- six
- times
- faster
- than
- our
- wages.
- Most
- of
- us
- rank
- so
- far
- below
- the
- top
- earners
- in
- the
- country
- that
- the
- "winners"
- might
- as
- well
- inhabit
- another
- planet.
- But
- work
- is
- about
- much
- more
- than
- earning
- a
- living.
- Work
- gives
- us
- our
- identity,
- and
- a
- sense
- of
- purpose
- and
- place
- in
- this
- world.
- And
- yet,
- work
- as
- we
- know
- it
- is
- under
- siege.Through
- exhaustive
- reporting
- and
- keen
- analysis,
- The
- Job
- reveals
- the
- startling
- truths
- and
- unveils
- the
- pervasive
- myths
- that
- have
- colored
- our
- thinking
- on
- one
- of
- the
- most
- urgent
- issues
- of
- our
- day:
- how
- to
- build
- good
- work
- in
- a
- globalized
- and
- digitalized
- world
- where
- middle
- class
- jobs
- seem
- to
- be
- slipping
- away.
- Traveling
- from
- deep
- in
- Appalachia
- to
- the
- heart
- of
- the
- Midwestern
- rust
- belt,
- from
- a
- struggling
- custom
- clothing
- maker
- in
- Massachusetts
- to
- a
- thriving
- co-working
- center
- in
- Minnesota,
- she
- marshals
- evidence
- from
- a
- wide
- range
- of
- disciplines
- to
- show
- how
- our
- educational
- system,
- our
- politics,
- and
- our
- very
- sense
- of
- self
- have
- been
- held
- captive
- to
- and
- distorted
- by
- outdated
- notions
- of
- what
- it
- means
- to
- get
- and
- keep
- a
- good
- job.
- We
- read
- stories
- of
- sausage
- makers,
- firefighters,
- zookeepers,
- hospital
- cleaners;
- we
- hear
- from
- economists,
- computer
- scientists,
- psychologists,
- and
- historians.
- The
- book's
- four
- sections
- take
- us
- from
- the
- challenges
- we
- face
- in
- scoring
- a
- good
- job
- today
- to
- work's
- infinite
- possibilities
- in
- the
- future.
- Work,
- in
- all
- its
- richness,
- complexity,
- rewards
- and
- pain,
- is
- essential
- for
- people
- to
- flourish.
- Ellen
- Ruppel
- Shell
- paints
- a
- compelling
- portrait
- of
- where
- we
- stand
- today,
- and
- points
- to
- a
- promising
- and
- hopeful
- way forward.
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