Description
Building on the work of many heterodox economists, Greenwood introduces wage and employment models that are embedded in the economy, environment, and society. Beginning with evidence on work and pay in the US today, she explains why tools for analyzing commodity exchange are not sufficient for analyzing labor relationships. She brings bargaining power to the fore, analyses dynamic monopsony, and looks at the role of wealth as well as income in framing opportunities. Throughout the book, Greenwood addresses threats to sustainability and equity from unpaid social costs; institutional changes such as financialization and fissured workplaces; as well as race-ethnicity and gender. Among the possibilities explored for improving work and pay are sectoral bargaining, job guarantees, worker-owned cooperatives, and universal basic income.
The first undergraduate-friendly book on its topic, Work, Pay and Sustainability is an important resource for students and scholars alike.
Book Information
ISBN 9781509536740
Author Daphne T. Greenwood
Format Hardback
Page Count 260
Imprint Polity Press
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd