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Raising the floor, how a universal basic income can renew our economy and rebuild the American dream, Andy Stern with Lee Kravitz

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Raising the floor, how a universal basic income can renew our economy and rebuild the American dream, Andy Stern with Lee Kravitz

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-245) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Raising the floor

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

914195547

Responsibility statement

Andy Stern with Lee Kravitz

Sub title

how a universal basic income can renew our economy and rebuild the American dream

Summary

"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

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Can we invent a better future? -- 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 -- Epilogue: Join the conversation #RaisingTheFloor

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