Wall Street's War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do about It (Leopold Les)(Pevná vazba)

2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist for Political and Social Sciences“This book gave me a new lens to see the world.”—Robert Krulwich, former co-host of WNYC’s RadiolabAddressing the pressing issues affecting everyday Americans during an election year is essential—and one of our nation’s most profound challenges is the devastating impact of mass layoffs. Layoffs upend people’s lives, cause enormous stress, and lead to debilitating personal debt. The societal harm caused by mass layoffs has been known for decades. Yet, we do little to stop them. Why? Why do we allow whole communities to be destroyed by corporate decision-makers? Why do we consider mass layoffs a natural, baked-in feature of modern financialized capitalism? And what are our elected officials going to do about it?In Wall Street’s War on Workers, Les Leopold, co-founder of the Labor Institute, provides a clear lens with which we can see how healthy corporations in the United States have used mass layoffs and stock buybacks to enrich shareholders at the expense of employees. With detailed research and concise language, Leopold explains why mass layoffs occur and how our current laws and regulations allow companies to turn these layoffs into short-term financial gains.Original and insightful, Wall Street’s War on Workers places US labor practices in the broader context of our social and political life, examining the impact financial strip-mining and legalized looting are having o
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