{"product_id":"not-working-by-david-g-blanchflower-9780691205496","title":"Not Working","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA candid explanation of how the labour market really works and is central to everything—and why it is not as healthy as we think.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRelying on unemployment numbers is a dangerous way to gauge how the labour market is doing. Because of a false sense of optimism prior to the COVID-19 shock, the working world was more vulnerable than it should have been. \u003cem\u003eNot Working\u003c\/em\u003e is about how people want full-time work at a decent wage and how the plight of the underemployed contributes to widespread despair, a worsening drug epidemic, and the unchecked rise of right-wing populism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Blanchflower explains why the economy since the Great Recession is vastly different from what came before, and calls out our leaders for their continued failure to address one of the most unacknowledged social catastrophes of our time. This revelatory and outspoken book is his candid report on how the young and the less skilled are among the worst casualties of underemployment, how immigrants are taking the blame, and how the epidemic of unhappiness and self-destruction will continue to spread unless we deal with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEspecially urgent now, \u003cem\u003eNot Working\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential guide to strengthening the labour market for all when we need it most.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597360218348,"sku":"9780691205496","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/fe16c3d44c9a33efcb7652520b54ff20.jpg?v=1777959307","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/not-working-by-david-g-blanchflower-9780691205496","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}