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Sustaining the New Economy : Work, Family, and Community in the Information Age
Sustaining the New Economy Work Family and Community in the Information Age Author:Martin Carnoy This book explores the growing tension between the requirements of employers for a flexible work force and the ability of parents and communities to nurture their children. Global competition and the spread of information technology are forcing businesses to engage in rapid, worldwide production changes, customized marketing, and just-in-time de... more »livery. They are reorganizing work around decentralized management, work differentiation, and short-term and part-time employment. Unless the government fosters the development of new, integrative institutions to support the new world of work, the author argues, the conditions required for long-term economic growth and social stability will be threatened. "[An] ambitious, creative, and broad-sweeping effort to recast thinking about labor market policies to encompass family-work relations, globalization, and changes in technology." —Thomas A. Kochan, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "A very exciting book … [Carnoy] presents a nuanced and balanced view of the knowledge economy and the transformations that are occurring in the workplace and the family. His policy suggestions should have a great impact on politicians, pundits, and the public discourse." —Eileen Appelbaum, Economic Policy« less