The Disposable American
Written by Louis Uchitelle
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $14.95
The Disposable American is an eye-opening account of layoffs in America—their questionable necessity, their overuse, and their devastating impact on individuals at all income levels. Yet despite all this, they are accelerating.
The award-winning
New York Times economics writer Louis Uchitelle explains how, in the mid-1970s, the first major layoffs, initiated...
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The Disposable American
Layoffs and Their Consequences
Written by Louis Uchitelle
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $14.95
Layoffs have become a fact of life in today’s economy; initiated in the mid 1970s, they are now widely expected, and even accepted. It doesn’t have to be that way.
In
The Disposable American, award-winning reporter Louis Uchitelle offers an eye-opening account of layoffs in America–how they started, their questionable necessity, and...
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Stung
The Incredible Obsession of Brian Molony
Written by Gary Stephen Ross
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: August 27, 2002
Price: $16.95
He was one of the brightest stars at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, a brilliant young banker on his way to the top. But Brian Molony had a secret obsession: he loved to gamble. The unsuspecting bank was soon fuelling that obsession, as Molony helped himself to hundreds of thousands...
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The American Way of Death Revisited
Written by Jessica Mitford
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 4, 2000
Price: $14.95
"Mitford's funny and unforgiving book is the best memento mori we are likely to get. It should be updated and reissued each decade for our spiritual health."--
The New York Review of BooksOnly the scathing wit and searching intelligence of Jessica Mitford could turn an exposé of the American funeral industry into a...
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