Raising the floor
Subtitle: how a universal basic income can renew our economy and rebuild the American dream
By: Andy Stern, with Lee Kravitz
Contributors: Kravitz, Lee, author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Public Affairs
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781610396257
Subjects: Economic policy; Income; Guaranteed annual income; Occupations
Description: "The former president of the Service Employees International Union draws on extensive interviews with economists, labor leaders, bankers and others on how advances in technology are creating better products at the expense of the middle class, outlining strategies focused on a controversial "universal basic income" that provides for near-future needs."--NoveList.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-245) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Can we invent a better future?; title: My journey; title: Are we at a strategic inflection point?; title: The elephant in the room: technology's impact on jobs; title: The new landscape of work; title: The dark side of the gig economy; title: Wither the American dream?; title: En route to a new American dream; title: A twenty-first-century solution to a twenty-first-century problem; title: Epilogue: Join the conversation #RaisingTheFloor.