Securing Prosperity : : The American Labor Market: How It Has Changed and What to Do about It / / Paul Osterman.
We live in an age of economic paradox. The dynamism of America's economy is astounding--the country's industries are the most productive in the world and spin off new products and ideas at a bewildering pace. Yet Americans feel deeply uneasy about their economic future. The reason, Paul Os...
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Osterman, Paul, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Securing Prosperity : The American Labor Market: How It Has Changed and What to Do about It / Paul Osterman. Core Textbook Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014] ©1999 1 online resource (240 p.) : 9 line illus., 23 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- ONE. Introduction -- TWO. The Changing Structure of the American Labor Market -- THREE. Experiencing the New Economy -- FOUR. Restructuring within Firms: The Shifting Employment Contract -- FIVE. Preliminaries to Policy -- SIX. Policies for a Mobile Workforce -- SEVEN. Redressing the Balance of Power -- EIGHT. Conclusion -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star We live in an age of economic paradox. The dynamism of America's economy is astounding--the country's industries are the most productive in the world and spin off new products and ideas at a bewildering pace. Yet Americans feel deeply uneasy about their economic future. The reason, Paul Osterman explains, is that our recent prosperity is built on the ruins of the once reassuring postwar labor market. Workers can no longer expect stable, full-time jobs and steadily rising incomes. Instead, they face stagnant wages, layoffs, rising inequality, and the increased likelihood of merely temporary work. In Securing Prosperity, Osterman explains in clear, accessible terms why these changes have occurred and lays out an innovative plan for new economic institutions that promises a more secure future. Osterman begins by sketching the rise and fall of the postwar labor market, showing that firms have been the driving force behind recent change. He draws on original surveys of nearly 1,000 corporations to demonstrate that firms have reorganized and downsized not just for the obvious reasons--technological advances and shifts in capital markets--but also to take advantage of new, team-oriented ways of working. We can't turn the clock back, Osterman writes, since that would strip firms of the ability to compete. But he also argues that we should not simply give ourselves up to the mercies of the market. Osterman argues that new policies must engage on two fronts: addressing both higher rates of mobility in the labor market and a major shift in the balance of power against employees. To deal with greater mobility, Osterman argues for portable benefits, a stronger Unemployment Insurance system, and new labor market intermediaries to help workers navigate the labor market. To redress the imbalance of power, Osterman assesses the possibilities of reforming corporate governance but concludes the best approach is to promote "countervailing power" through innovative unions and creative strategies for organizing employee voice in communities. Osterman gives life to these arguments with numerous examples of promising institutional experiments. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History. bisacsh Leone, Richard C., contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 print 9780691086880 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400823130 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400823130 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400823130.jpg |
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