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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Hacker, Jacob S.
Titre(s) : The great risk shift [Texte électronique] : the new economic insecurity and the decline of the American dream / Jacob S. Hacker
Édition : Expanded and fully revised second edition
Publication : New York : Oxford university press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (xx, 241 p.)
Comprend : Introduction : on the edge ; The new economic insecurity ; Risking it all ; Risky
jobs ; Risky families ; Risky retirement ; Risky health care ; Conclusion : securing
the future
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 193-230. Index
On the eve of the financial crisis, Jacob S. Hacker wrote "the policy book of the
year" (E.J. Dionne, Jr., Washington Post), demonstrating and explaining the hidden
story of growing economic insecurity. In this fully revised and updated second edition,
he brings his powerful exposé of "The Great Risk Shift" up to date with startling
new evidence and compelling new ideas. Hacker shows that the safety net was unraveling
long before the late-2000s, as more and more economic risk shifted from the broad
shoulders of government and business onto the fragile backs of American families.
Whether the problem is risky jobs brought on by corporate restructuring and the "gig
economy" of contingent work, risky families created by the rising costs and instabilities
of parenthood, risky retirement caused by the collapse of traditional guaranteed pensions,
or risky health care fueled by skyrocketing costs and unstable coverage--Hacker shows
what has changed and why, the ways in which ordinary Americans have been affected,
and how we can fight back. Behind the risk shift, he contends, is the "Personal Responsibility
Crusade" eagerly embraced by corporate leaders and conservative politicians who speak
of an economic nirvana in which Americans are free to choose. But the result, Hacker
reveals, has been very different: a harsh new world of economic insecurity in which
far too many Americans are allowed to fall behind. Blending powerful human stories,
big-picture analysis, and compelling ideas for reform, this remarkable volume has
become a rallying point in the struggle for economic security in an increasingly uncertain
world
Sujet(s) : Sécurité économique -- États-Unis
Risque -- États-Unis
Rêve américain
Conditions économiques -- États-Unis
Indice(s) Dewey :
330.973 (23e éd.) = Situation et conditions économiques - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780190844158. - ISBN 0190844159. - ISBN 9780190844165. - ISBN 0190844167. -
ISBN 9780190844141 (erroné). - ISBN 0190844140 (erroné)
EAN 9780190844158
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45808133q
Notice n° :
FRBNF45808133
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