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© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface 2007 vi
  4. Preface ix
  5. Prologue 1
  6. The Problem
  7. 1 • Why Work? 11
  8. 2 • America's Second-Class Workers 16
  9. 3 • The Decline of Labor 27
  10. 4 • The Damage to Others 38
  11. The Causes
  12. 5 • Is It Culture? 51
  13. 6 • Economic Sources 64
  14. 7 • The Role of the Welfare System 83
  15. The Remedy
  16. 8 • The Market-Based Solution 103
  17. 9 • The Case for the Market-Based Solution 122
  18. 10 • The Flaws In Other Approaches 144
  19. 11 • Reply to Objections 156
  20. Epilogue 167
  21. Cost of the Model Wage Subsidy Plan 175
  22. Notes 177
  23. Index 195
Rewarding Work
This chapter is in the book Rewarding Work
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674042117-017

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface 2007 vi
  4. Preface ix
  5. Prologue 1
  6. The Problem
  7. 1 • Why Work? 11
  8. 2 • America's Second-Class Workers 16
  9. 3 • The Decline of Labor 27
  10. 4 • The Damage to Others 38
  11. The Causes
  12. 5 • Is It Culture? 51
  13. 6 • Economic Sources 64
  14. 7 • The Role of the Welfare System 83
  15. The Remedy
  16. 8 • The Market-Based Solution 103
  17. 9 • The Case for the Market-Based Solution 122
  18. 10 • The Flaws In Other Approaches 144
  19. 11 • Reply to Objections 156
  20. Epilogue 167
  21. Cost of the Model Wage Subsidy Plan 175
  22. Notes 177
  23. Index 195
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