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A Sustainable Economy for the 21st Century (Open Media Series) Paperback – January 5, 1999

by Juliet Schor (Author)
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In this groundbreaking pamphlet, Juliet Schor, author of The Overworked American, examines how Americans can begin making the shift away from a resource-destructive society to one that values the environment, community, and quality of life above business and profit. She a traces back how after W.W.II, Americans had hoped that technology and social investment would yield shorter work weeks, more pay, and complete healthcare. Instead, we work more, get paid less, and maintain an indecent adult minimum wage. Where did we go wrong?
Schor's pamphlet charts an economic vision based that aims to reduce work hours, increase leisure, create new work schedules that are not operating on a "male" model of employment, create green quotas and industry-wide environmental standards, alternative housing and transportation, raise minimum wage, restructure labor relations, change corporate culture, and promote social accountability. The pamphlet "sets the guideposts," writes Noam Chomsky, "for constructive thinking and action to save our country from becoming a plaything for investors and transnational corporations, and to place its fate in the hands of its citizens."
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  1. Print length
    64 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Seven Stories Press
  4. Publication date
    January 5, 1999
  5. Dimensions
    4.26 x 0.22 x 6.74 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1888363754
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1888363753
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  • Pen Name?
    4.0 out of 5 stars A very strong critique/interesting recommendations.
    Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2002
    This is a manifesto for a new sustainable economy. Like most of the Open Media Pamphlets, this work is cheap, short and to the point; as well as being very insightful and pertinent. Her critique of the global economy and social structure here at home are right on track. She gives a framework for some proposals for how to change our system. I do not find all of her every one of her proposals to be desirable, but do appreciate the spirit and breadth of her arguments. This is a much needed contribution to the burgeoning dialogue in progressive literature. The entire Open Media Pamphlet series is indispensible. You won't find a non-well argued book among them.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Such a good book to read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2020
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    A small pamphlet of actionable ideas
    This book is not a utopian idealistic review it respectfully reject that current economic models that exist in the states are not solution concepts for a sustainable economy
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