The profit paradox : how thriving firms threaten the future of work

The profit paradox how thriving firms threaten the future of work

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A pioneering account of the surging global tide of market power—and how it stifles workers around the worldIn an era of technological progress and easy communication, it might seem reasonable to assume that the world’s working people have never had it so good. But wages are stagnant and prices are r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Eeckhout, Jan, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press [2021]
Materias:
Business enterprises > Technological innovations.
Manpower policy.
Working class.
Labor market.
AI.
Amazon.
Apple.
Google.
antitrust.
automation.
capital.
causes of inequality.
data.
economic dynamism.
falling wages.
federal competition authority.
future of work.
gig economy.
how to reduce inequality.
inflation.
innovation.
labor markets.
lump of labor fallacy.
monopoly.
monopsony.
new gilded age.
polarization.
poverty.
price increases.
rise of market power.
salaries.
stagnating.
stagnation.
stock market.
superstar effect.
superstars.
war.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I. The Origins of Market Power
  • 2. The Art of Managing the Moat
  • 3. Technological Change and Superiority
  • Part II. The Harmful Consequences of Market Power
  • 4. A Falling Tide Lowers All Boats
  • 5. Economy of Stars
  • 6. Unequal We Stand
  • 7. The Gold Watch Myth
  • 8. Rich Suburbanite, Poor Suburbanite
  • Part III. The Future of Work and Finding Solutions
  • 9. Plenty of Reasons to Be Optimistic
  • 10. The Future of Work
  • 11. The Quest for Facts
  • 12. Putting the Trust Back into Antitrust
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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