Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Chapter 1. What the Whole World Wants Is a Good Job 1
4. Part I. The Problem: The Great Recession Exposed Underlying Fractures
5. Chapter 2. Unemployment and Its Consequences 15
6. Chapter 3. Wage Growth and the Lack of It 47
7. Chapter 4. The Semi-Slump and the Housing Market 78
8. Chapter 5. Underemployment 118
9. Part II. The Response to the Great Recession
10. Chapter 6. Something Horrible Happened 151
11. Chapter 7. Sniffing the Air and Spotting the Great Recession 181
12. Chapter 8. The People Have Lost Their Pep 212
13. Chapter 9. Somebody Has to Be Blamed 238
14. Chapter 10. Disastrous Cries for Help 264
15. Part III. What to Do?
16. Chapter 11. Full Employment 297
17. Chapter 12. Put the Pedal to the Metal 316
18. Appendix 349
19. Acknowledgments 353
20. Dedication 355
21. Notes 357
22. References 389
23. Index 423