{"product_id":"work-pay-and-sustainability-a-new-economics-of-labor-paperback-softback-9781509536757","title":"Work, Pay, and Sustainability; A New Economics of Labor (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509536757","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWork, Pay, and Sustainability\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA New Economics of Labor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaphne T. Greenwood (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509536757, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 December 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.476 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Greenwood has created a valuable resource for teaching labor economics more pluralistically and realistically. Presenting alternative analyses and perspectives, she makes labor economics relevant and useful for understanding real-life problems in the US economy today.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanice Peterson, California State University, Fresno\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As perhaps the first undergraduate-friendly book on its topic, this volume is an important resource for students, but also for a wider audience of scholars and economists working in the area of inequality. Highly recommended.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Wolff, New York University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What determines pay? What constitutes workplace fairness? Is environmental sustainability compatible with expanding job opportunities? Greenwood provides compelling answers to a wide range of such questions. This is both an outstanding textbook and a resource for everyone interested in understanding conditions for working people today.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Pollin, University of Massachusetts Amherst\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDaphne Greenwood presents the first comprehensive introduction to pluralist labor economics. She expands the economics toolbox with theories taken from institutionalist, feminist, social, ecological, and stratification economists. Pluralists, she explains, focus on how formal and informal institutions affect the distribution of productivity dividends—and how this has evolved over time. Pluralists are concerned with job quality as well as financial compensation. They acknowledge the modern-day abundance created by technology, but advocate for institutional changes to direct it in equitable and sustainable ways.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuilding on the work of many heterodox economists, Greenwood introduces wage and employment models that are embedded in the economy, environment, and society. Beginning with evidence on work and pay in the US today, she explains why tools for analyzing commodity exchange are not sufficient for analyzing labor relationships. She brings bargaining power to the fore, analyses dynamic monopsony, and looks at the role of wealth as well as income in framing opportunities. Throughout the book, Greenwood addresses threats to sustainability and equity from unpaid social costs; institutional changes such as financialization and fissured workplaces; as well as race-ethnicity and gender. Among the possibilities explored for improving work and pay are sectoral bargaining, job guarantees, worker-owned cooperatives, and universal basic income.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first undergraduate-friendly book on its topic, \u003ci\u003eWork, Pay and Sustainability\u003c\/i\u003e is an important resource for students and scholars alike.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Figures and Tables\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1 Work, Pay and Sustainability: Taking a Pluralist Approach\u003cbr\u003e2 Labor Has Three Faces, Unlike Broccoli\u003cbr\u003e3 Labor and the Web of Working Rules\u003cbr\u003e4 Wages and Why They Vary: The Big Picture\u003cbr\u003e5 Wages and Why They Vary: Demand and Supply\u003cbr\u003e6 How Market Structures and Firm Characteristics Affect Pay\u003cbr\u003e7 Inside the Pyramid: Three Faces and Dual Markets\u003cbr\u003e8 Rising Economic Inequality\u003cbr\u003e9 Job Quality: Beyond Pay and Benefits\u003cbr\u003e10 Work and Pay: New Challenges, New Solutions\u003cbr\u003e11 Work, Pay, and Well-Being in a World of Abundance\u003cbr\u003e12 Taking a Pluralist Approach to Work and Pay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReferences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlossary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSales rights\u003cbr\u003eFor sale with exclusive rights in the specified country\/ies\u003cbr\u003eWorld\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52475137753368,"sku":"9781509536757","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509536757.jpg?v=1785805482","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/work-pay-and-sustainability-a-new-economics-of-labor-paperback-softback-9781509536757","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}