Raising the floor : how a universal basic income can renew our economy and rebuild the American dream
2016
Book
"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.
Item Details
ISBN: 9781610396257
Edition: First edition.
Description: x, 253 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
- 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.
LCCN: 2016931951
Control Number: 1997448
Publisher: New York : Public Affairs, [2016]