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Working and living in the shadow of economic fragility

Working and Living in the Shadow of Economic Fragility addresses fundamental questions about the role and value of work in America today, and offers suggestions for how to address the short- and long-term challenges of rebuilding a society of opportunity with meaningful and sustaining jobs as the foundation of the American middle-class.
Print Book, English, 2014
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2014
xxviii, 260 p. ; 25 cm
9780199988488, 019998848X
1192932274
Chapter 1 ; Christina D. Romer ; Response by Marion G. Crain ; Response by Steven M. Fazzari ; Response by William R. Emmons ; Response by Michael Sherraden ; Chapter 2 ; Barry Z. Cynamon and Steven M. Fazzari ; Chapter 3 ; Melissa B. Jacoby and Mirya R. Holman ; Chapter 4 ; Timothy D. McBride ; Chapter 5 ; Sharon K. Long, Karen Stockley, Heather Dahlen, and Ariel Fogel ; Chapter 6 ; Marion G. Crain and Ken Matheny ; Chapter 7 ; Susan J. Lambert ; Chapter 8 ; Mark R. Rank and Thomas A. Hirschl ; Chapter 9 ; Joe Soss and Lawrence R. Jacobs ; Chapter 10 ; Gillian Lester ; Chapter 11 ; Jared Bernstein ; Chapter 12 ; Michael Lind