The Disposable American
Layoffs and Their Consequences
$35.95
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2007
Summary
The sobering story of America’s embrace of downsizing and its devastating impact on Americans of all backgrounds.
A timely, eye-opening account from an award-winning reporter that reveals how layoffs in America are counterproductive and what companies can do to avoid them and help create jobs, benefiting workers, corporations, and the nation as a whole.
“Effectively wrecks the claim that all this downsizing makes the country more productive, more competitive, more flexible…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781400034338 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1400034337 |
| Author: | Louis Uchitelle |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2007 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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Critics Review
“Uchitelle effectively wrecks the claim that all this downsizing makes the country more productive, more competitive, more flexible… . A strong case that the whole middle class is at risk.”
—The New York Times
“The Disposable American is an overdue wake-up call that could start making the wisdom of layoffs that much less conventional.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“Incisive… . An airtight case against the common wisdom that favors job cuts.”
—BusinessWeek
“Uchitelle writes about the moral failings of our modern corporate structure with deep and persuasive insight. That alone makes the book a must-read.” —Detroit Free Press
About The Author
Louis Uchitelle
LOUIS UCHITELLE worked as a reporter, editor, and foreign correspondent for the Associated Press until he joined The New York Times in 1980 as a business editor; he has written about economics for the Times since 1987 and was designated Senior Writer in 1994, joining a select group honored for achievement. In the early 1990s his reporting on the former Soviet Union’s plunge into capitalism earned him a Pulitzer nomination, and he shared a George Polk award as lead writer on the seven-part Times series, “The Downsizing of America,” in 1996. He taught feature writing at Columbia University and has been a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation.
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