San Antonio College Library

How can we stem the tide of outsourcing? In this comprehensive look at the real, human toll of America's unsound trade policy, Senator Dorgan exposes the myth of "free trade." Indeed, free trade is not free; it is slowly but surely draining away American prosperity. Chinese labor can drive down prices at Wal-Mart; but at the same time, those saved wages--dollars that would have gone to buy these cheaper goods--are gone. Too soon, it will all come...

"The story and analysis of flexibility and entrepreneurship is told in The Future Workforce: The 21st-Century Transformation of Leaders, Managers, and Employees, a future-focused view of the American workforce in all sectors. But the emergence of new kinds of employees, managers, and leaders has been overlooked. In response to the incredible challenges of the workplace, new workers at all levels represent the creation of the most productive and creative...

"What does it mean to work in the forgotten America where millions toil in the shadow of prosperity? What is the daily reality of life for a factory worker or field hand? To find out, award-winning journalist Gabriel Thompson spent a year working alongside America's invisible poor--citizens and immigrants alike--all of whom endure backbreaking work, miniscule wages, and nonexistent benefits in their struggle to make ends meet"--Page 2 of cover.

Redefines the state of the nation's workplace in the current generation, citing significant changes to such elements as the role of working women, the pervasiveness of outsourcing, and a meteoric rise in worker competitiveness.

"Why should employers pay American workers much more to work far fewer hours a year than the competition? They won't - unless Americans know more and can do more than the workers with whom they compete." "Thinking for a living is the first book to address head-on the issue of the appalling mismatch between what our economy needs and what our educational institutions actually provide. A massive imbalance between the resources available for the education...

The outgrowth of a conference sponsored by the Upjohn Institute in Washington, D.C., in June 2007.

Urging the initiation of sound manpower policies, youth training programs, and more liberal retirement rules, Ginzberg explores the problems of the contemporary job market and the impact of increased unemployment.

From back: "Who should come to America? Do immigrants take away jobs? Do they lower wages? Are we losing the race for the most skilled immigrants? One of our leading authorities on immigration cuts through the cloud of emotion and ideology that surrounds this topic to provide a convincing argument that America must become more competitive in the 'immigration market' in order to attract more skilled foreigners to our country."