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Auteur(s) : Brown, Phillip (1957-....)
Lauder, Hugh (1948-....)
Ashton, David Norman (1942-....)
Titre(s) : The global auction [Texte imprimé] : the broken promises of education, jobs and incomes / Phillip Brown, Hugh Lauder, and David Ashton
Publication : New York : Oxford University Press, 2011
Description matérielle : viii, 198 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Comprend : Introduction ; The false promise ; Knowledge wars ; The quality-cost revolution
; Digital Taylorism ; The war for talent ; Managing in the global auction ; High
skills, low wages ; The trap ; A new opportunity.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"For decades, the idea that more education will lead to greater individual and national
prosperity has been a cornerstone of developed economies. Indeed, it is almost universally
believed that college diplomas give Americans and Europeans a competitive advantage
in the global knowledge wars." Challenging this conventional wisdom, The Global Auction
forces us to reconsider our deeply held and mistaken views about how the global economy
really works and how to thrive in it. Drawing on cutting-edge research based on a
major international study, the authors show that the competition for good, middle-class
jobs is now a worldwide competition---an auction for cut-priced brainpower---fueled
by an explosion of higher education across the world. They highlight a fundamental
power shift in favor of corporate bosses and emerging economies such as China and
India, a change that is driving the new global high-skill, low-wage workforce. Fighting
for a dwindling supply of good jobs will compel the middle classes to devote more
time, money, and effort to set themselves apart in a bare-knuckle competition that
will leave many disappointed. The authors urge a new conversation about the kind of
society we want to live in and about the kind of global economy that can benefit workers,
but without condemning millions in emerging economies to a life of poverty. "The Global
Auction is a radical rethinking of the ideas that stand at the heart of the American
Dream. It offers a timely expose of the realities of the global struggle for middle
class jobs, a competition that threatens the livelihoods of millions of American and
European workers and their families."--BOOK JACKET
Sujet(s) : Mobilité sociale -- États-Unis
Niveau d'instruction -- États-Unis
Rêve américain
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199731688 (alk. paper). - ISBN 0199731683 (alk. paper). - ISBN 9780199926442
(pbk.). - ISBN 0199926441 (pbk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43647797k
Notice n° :
FRBNF43647797
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