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This bright, readable, and radical overview of labor economics points a smart finger at the work that goes on behind and beyond capitalist employment. Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts This book provides a lucid and readable introduction to the political economy of work for students and non-economists. Drawing on Marxist, feminist, and Post-Keynesian schools of thought, and a wealth of historical examples, Pietrykowski provides a toolkit to break the intellectual fetters of mainstream economics. Starting with the question of what is special about labor, Pietrykowski's discussion covers labor-market inequality, work in the household, employer behavior, worker ownership, technological change, and much more. Ian Greer, Cornell University Bruce Pietrykowski has written a sharp and nuanced critique of mainstream perspectives in labor economics that will broaden readers' understanding of what constitutes `work' in the modern economy. Journal of Labor and Society

This bright, readable, and radical overview of labor economics points a smart finger at the work that goes on behind and beyond capitalist employment. Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts This book provides a lucid and readable introduction to the political economy of work for students and non-economists. Drawing on Marxist, feminist, and Post-Keynesian schools of thought, and a wealth of historical examples, Pietrykowski provides a toolkit to break the intellectual fetters of mainstream economics. Starting with the question of what is special about labor, Pietrykowski's discussion covers labor-market inequality, work in the household, employer behavior, worker ownership, technological change, and much more. Ian Greer, Cornell University

This bright, readable, and radical overview of labor economics points a smart finger at the work that goes on behind and beyond capitalist employment. Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts This book provides a lucid and readable introduction to the political economy of work for students and non-economists. Drawing on Marxist, feminist, and Post-Keynesian schools of thought, and a wealth of historical examples, Pietrykowski provides a toolkit to break the intellectual fetters of mainstream economics. Starting with the question of what is special about labor, Pietrykowski's discussion covers labor-market inequality, work in the household, employer behavior, worker ownership, technological change, and much more. Ian Greer, Cornell University Bruce Pietrykowski has written a sharp and nuanced critique of mainstream perspectives in labor economics that will broaden readers' understanding of what constitutes 'work' in the modern economy. Journal of Labor and Society Very insightful...the book functions as Cliff Notes...for the classics and gives interested readers a wealth of citations and material on contemporary debates. Daniel James Joseph, Labour

'This bright, readable, and radical overview of labor economics points a smart finger at the work that goes on behind and beyond capitalist employment.' Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts

AThis bright, readable, and radical overview of labor economics points a smart finger at the work that goes on behind and beyond capitalist employment.A Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts AThis book provides a lucid and readable introduction to the political economy of workA for students and non-economists. Drawing on Marxist, feminist, and Post-Keynesian schools of thought, and a wealth of historical examples, Pietrykowski provides a toolkit to break the intellectual fetters of mainstream economics. Starting with the question of what is special about labor, Pietrykowski's discussion covers labor-market inequality, work in the household, employer behavior, worker ownership, technological change, and much more.A Ian Greer, Cornell University ABruce Pietrykowski has written a sharp and nuanced critique of mainstream perspectives in labor economics that will broaden readers' understanding of what constitutes AworkA in the modern economy.A Journal of Labor and Society AVery insightful...the book functions as Cliff Notes...for the classics and gives interested readers a wealth of citations and material on contemporary debates.A Daniel James Joseph, Labour

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Bruce Pietrykowski is Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan–Dearborn

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