Working in America: A Blueprint for the New Labor Market. (Book Reviews).

From: Southern Economic Journal | Date: October 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

By Paul Ostennan, Thomas A. Kochan, Richard Locke and Michael J. Piore.

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2001. Pp. ix, 229. $29.95.

This is a very readable and interesting book. The main thesis is that there have been major structural changes in the labor market over the past three decades or so. The labor market policies and institutions that currently exist date from the Great Depression. These structural changes have made many of these policies and institutions obsolete. As a result, it is necessary to modify these old policies and institutions and create new ones to deal ...

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