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Raising the floor : how a universal basic income can renew our economy and rebuild the American dream / Andy Stern with Lee Kravitz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Public Affairs, [2016]Edition: First editionDescription: x, 253 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781610396257 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC 110.I S839r 2016
Contents:
Introduction: Can we invent a better future? -- My journey -- Are we at a strategic inflection point? -- The elephant in the room: technology's impact on jobs -- The new landscape of work -- The dark side of the gig economy -- Wither the American dream? -- En route to a new American dream -- A twenty-first-century solution to a twenty-first-century problem -- Epilogue: Join the conversation #RaisingTheFloor.
Summary: "The former president of the Service Employees International Union draws on extensive interviews with economists, labor leaders, bankers and others on how advances in technology are creating better products at the expense of the middle class, outlining strategies focused on a controversial "universal basic income" that provides for near-future needs."--NoveList.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HC 110.I S839r 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000122155

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-245) and index.

Introduction: Can we invent a better future? -- My journey -- Are we at a strategic inflection point? -- The elephant in the room: technology's impact on jobs -- The new landscape of work -- The dark side of the gig economy -- Wither the American dream? -- En route to a new American dream -- A twenty-first-century solution to a twenty-first-century problem -- Epilogue: Join the conversation #RaisingTheFloor.

"The former president of the Service Employees International Union draws on extensive interviews with economists, labor leaders, bankers and others on how advances in technology are creating better products at the expense of the middle class, outlining strategies focused on a controversial "universal basic income" that provides for near-future needs."--NoveList.

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