Cut Loose: Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520283015)

Years after the Great Recession, the economy is still weak, and an unprecedented number of workers have sunk into long spells of unemployment. Cut Loose provides a vivid and moving account of the experiences of some of these men and women, through the example of a historically important group: autoworkers. Their well-paid jobs on the assembly lines built a strong middle class in the decades after World War II. But today, they find themselves beleaguered in a changed economy of greater inequality and risk, one that favors the well-educated--or well-connected.

Their declining fortunes in recent decades tell us something about what the white-collar workforce should expect to see in the years ahead, as job-killing technologies and the shipping of work overseas take away even more good jobs. Cut Loose offers a poignant look at how the long-term unemployed struggle in today's unfair economy to support their families, rebuild their lives, and overcome the shame and self-blame they deal with on a daily basis. It is also a call to action--a blueprint for a new kind of politics, one that offers a measure of grace in a society of ruthless advancement.

Author: Victor Tan Chen
ISBN-10: 0520283015
ISBN-13: 9780520283015
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 07/20/2015
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2016