Eberstadt, Nicholas
Men Without Work: Post-Pandemic Edition (2022) (New Threats to Freedom)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781599475974
- author:
- Eberstadt, Nicholas
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Templeton Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 17.8 x 12.7 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Demography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Nicholas Eberstadt's Men without Work sheds light on a crisis that has been quietly unfolding in modern America. Despite low unemployment rates, over six million prime-age men were neither working nor looking for work, a trend that has been rising relentlessly for half a century.
The author's unflinching analysis reveals a grim truth: the famed American work ethic, once near universal, is no longer a reality. The pandemic has exacerbated the problem, with government responses inadvertently paying Americans not to work. Today, inexplicable numbers of working-age men and women are sitting on the sidelines while over 11 million jobs go unfilled.
Current low rates of unemployment are misleading, and Eberstadt's book provides a stark reality check. With a new introduction, the author explains how the government's response to Covid-19 has worsened the crisis. This book is a worthwhile read for anyone interested in understanding the state of work in America today.
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