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Jobs, Health, and the Meaning of Work

by Mary Davis

ISBN: 9780262548694

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 6, 2024

A first-of-its-kind analysis using public health and economics research to illuminate how jobs affect our well-being.

Combating Inequality

Rethinking Government's Role

Edited by Olivier Blanchard and Dani Rodrik

ISBN: 9780262547253

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 15, 2023

Leading economists and policymakers consider what economic tools are most effective in reversing the rise in inequality.

Italian Operaismo

Genealogy, History, Method

by Gigi Roggero

Translated by Clara Pope

ISBN: 9780262047920

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 28, 2023

An accessible, introductory presentation of operaismo, one of the most important revolutionary theories and praxes of the twentieth century.

Worn Out

How Retailers Surveil and Exploit Workers in the Digital Age and How Workers Are Fighting Back

by Madison Van Oort

ISBN: 9780262544931

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 7, 2023

An immersive, first-hand account of retail worker surveillance and resistance in the digital age.

Care-Centered Politics

From the Home to the Planet

by Robert Gottlieb

ISBN: 9780262543750

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 2, 2022

Why a care economy and care-centered politics can influence and reorient such issues as health, the environment, climate, race, inequality, gender, and immigration.

The Monopoly of Man

by Anna Kuliscioff

Introduction by Jamila M. H. Mascat

Translated by Lorenzo Chiesa

ISBN: 9780262045391

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 6, 2021

A key text by a leading figure in Italian socialist feminism that remains relevant today, addressing the exploitation of women in the workplace and at home.

Workforce Education

A New Roadmap

by William B. Bonvillian and Sanjay E. Sarma

ISBN: 9780262044882

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 2, 2021

A roadmap for how we can rebuild America's working class by transforming workforce education and training.

Creating Good Jobs

An Industry-Based Strategy

Edited by Paul Osterman

Foreword by Barbara Dyer

ISBN: 9780262043632

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 28, 2020

Experts discuss improving job quality in low-wage industries including retail, residential construction, hospitals and long-term healthcare, restaurants, manufacturing, and long-haul trucking.