Jobs with Inequality: Financialization, Post-Democracy, and Labour Market Deregulation in Canada
John Peters, "Jobs with Inequality: Financialization, Post-Democracy, and Labour Market Deregulation in Canada "
English | ISBN: 1442646195 | 2022 | 472 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 1442646195 | 2022 | 472 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Income inequality has skyrocketed in Canada over the past few decades. The rich have become richer, while the average household income has deteriorated and job quality has plummeted. Common explanations for these trends point to globalization, technology, or other forces largely beyond our control. But, as Jobs with Inequality shows, there is nothing inevitable about inequality. Rather, runaway inequality is the result of politics and policies - what governments have done to aid the rich and boost finance and what they have not done to uphold the interests of workers.
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