Business & Economics:

Unions For Beginners

Written by David Cogswell

Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $16.99

It is a time when unions have returned to the front pages of newspapers and blogs and demonstrators are in the streets of America every day. It is a time when the right wing has tried to strike the final blow against what remains of the right to collective bargaining. It... Read more >

Unions For Beginners

Written by David Cogswell

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2012
Price: $16.99

It is a time when unions have returned to the front pages of newspapers and blogs and demonstrators are in the streets of America every day. It is a time when the right wing has tried to strike the final blow against what remains of the right to collective bargaining. It... Read more >

There Is Power in a Union
The Epic Story of Labor in America
Written by Philip Dray

Format: Trade Paperback, 816 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $19.95

From the nineteenth-century textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, to the triumph of unions in the twentieth century and their waning influence today, the contest between labor and capital for the American bounty has shaped our national experience.
 
In this stirring new history, Philip Dray shows us the vital accomplishments of organized labor...

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The Big Squeeze
Tough Times for the American Worker
Written by Steven Greenhouse

Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $16.00

Why, in the world's most affluent nation, are so many corporations squeezing their employees dry? In this fresh, carefully researched book, New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse explores the economic, political, and social trends that are transforming America's workplaces, including the decline of the social contract that created the world's largest... Read more >

Supercapitalism
The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life
Written by Robert B. Reich

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $15.95

From one of America's foremost economic and political thinkers comes a vital analysis of our new hypercompetitive and turbo-charged global economy and the effect it is having on American democracy. With his customary wit and insight, Reich shows how widening inequality of income and wealth, heightened job insecurity, and corporate corruption... Read more >

The Big Squeeze

Written by Steven Greenhouse

Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2008
Price: $13.99

Why, in the world's most affluent nation, are so many corporations squeezing their employees dry? In this fresh, carefully researched book, New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse explores the economic, political, and social trends that are transforming America's workplaces, including the decline of the social contract that created the world's largest... Read more >

Supercapitalism

Written by Robert B. Reich

Format: eBook
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $13.99

From one of America's foremost economic and political thinkers comes a vital analysis of our new hypercompetitive and turbo-charged global economy and the effect it is having on American democracy. With his customary wit and insight, Reich shows how widening inequality of income and wealth, heightened job insecurity, and corporate corruption... Read more >

Fast Boat to China
High-Tech Outsourcing and the Consequences of Free Trade: Lessons from Shanghai
Written by Andrew Ross

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2007
Price: $15.95

Most Americans today are aware that jobs are being outsourced to China, India, and other nations at an alarming rate. From factory jobs to white-collar, high-tech positions, the exporting of labor is one of the most controversial issues in America.Yet few people know much about the other end — about the... Read more >

The Unaffordable Nation
Searching for a Decent Life in America
Written by Jeffrey Jones

Format: Trade Paperback, 170 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $19.99

The American dream used to mean that if you worked hard, saved money, and didn’t spend extravagantly, you’d be guaranteed a decent life. That article of faith is no more; it has been replaced by a growing fear that even two incomes will prove insufficient to afford a home in a... Read more >

Fast Boat to China
Corporate Flight and the Consequences of Free Trade; Lessons from Shanghai
Written by Andrew Ross

Format: eBook
On Sale: April 4, 2006
Price: $13.99

Most Americans today are aware that jobs are being outsourced to China, India, and other nations at an alarming rate. From factory jobs to white-collar, high-tech positions, the exporting of labor is one of the most controversial issues in America.Yet few people know much about the other end — about the... Read more >