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As our nation stands in the midst of social and economic crisis, the question of, "how we arrive here" has quickly given way to, "what do we do now?"
In The Once and Future Worker, Oren Cass brings to the fore the dark underbelly of the 1960s, an era that brought strong economic growth and rising consumption, but also eroded the foundation of productive work and destabilized the structures of family and community on which long-term prosperity depends. Cass discusses the nation's present situation through the lens of work, suggesting new approaches to reforms for the environment, organized labor, trade and immigration, education and social safety nets, that will "grow the economic pie" while closing the economic gap that has divided the nation. |