The war on normal people : the truth about America's disappearing jobs and why universal basic income is our future
(2018)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
362.582/YANG,A

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 362.582/YANG,A Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Hachette Books, 2018
©2018
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

xix, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780316414241, 0316414247
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Introduction: the great displacement -- Part one: What's happening to jobs -- My journey -- How we got here -- Who is normal in America -- What we do for a living -- Factory workers and truck drivers -- White-collar jobs will disappear, too -- On humanity and work -- The usual objections -- Part two: What's happening to us -- Life in the bubble -- Mindsets of scarcity and abundance -- Geography is destiny -- Men, women, and children - the permanent shadow class: what displacement looks like -- Video games and the (male) meaning of life -- The shape we're in/Disintegration -- Part three: Solutions and human capitalism -- The freedom dividend -- Universal Basic Income in the real world -- Time as the new money -- Human capitalism -- The strong state and the new citizenship -- Health care in a world without jobs -- Building people -- Conclusion: Masters or servants

From entrepreneur Andrew Yang, the founder of Venture for America, an eye-opening look at how new technologies are erasing millions of jobs before our eyes-and a rallying cry for the urgent steps America must take, including Universal Basic Income, to stabilize our economy