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Nicholas Eberstadt Men Without Work (Paperback) New Threats to Freedom Series. No longer, warned Eberstadt. Author: Nicholas Eberstadt. Series: New Threats to Freedom Series. Genre: Law & Politics. Country/Region of Manufacture: US. Edition: Second Edition, Second Edition, Second Edition. Further DetailsTitle: Men Without Work Condition: New Description: Nicholas Eberstadt’s landmark 2016 study, Men without Work , cast a spotlight on the collapse of work for men in modern America. Rosy reports of low unemployment rates and “full or near full employment” conditions, he contends, were overlooking a quiet, continuing crisis: Depression-era work rates for American men of “prime working age” (25–54). The grim truth: over six million prime-age men were neither working nor looking for work. Conventional unemployment measures ignored these labor force dropouts, but their ranks had been rising relentlessly for half a century. Eberstadt’s unflinching analysis was, in the words of The New York Times , “an unsettling portrait not just of male unemployment, but also of lives deeply alienated from civil society.” The famed American work ethic was once near universal: men of sound mind and body took pride in contributing to their communities and families. No longer, warned Eberstadt. And now-six years and one catastrophic pandemic later-the problem has not only worsened: it has seemingly been spreading among prime-age women and workers over fifty-five. In a brand new introduction, Eberstadt explains how the government’s response to Covid-19 inadvertently exacerbated the flight from work in America. From indiscriminate pandemic shutdowns to almost unconditional “unemployment” benefits, Americans were essentially paid not to work. Thus today, despite the vaccine rollouts, inexplicable numbers of working age men and women are sitting on the sidelines while over 11 million jobs go unfilled. Current low rates of unemployment, touted by pundits and politicians, are grievously misleading. The truth is that fewer prime-age American men are looking for readily available work than at any previous juncture in our history. And others may be catching the “Men Without Work” virus too. Given the devastating economic impact of the Covid calamity and the unforeseen aftershocks yet to come, this reissue of Eberstadt’s groundbreaking work is timelier than ever. Author: Nicholas Eberstadt Format: Paperback Subtitle: Post-Pandemic Edition (2022) EAN: 9781599475974 ISBN: 9781599475974 Edition: Second Edition, Second Edition, Second Edition Item Height: 178mm Item Length: 129mm Genre: Law & Politics Country/Region of Manufacture: US Publisher: Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Release Date: 09/19/2022 Language: English Item Width: 13mm Item Weight: 236g Series: New Threats to Freedom Series Topic: Social Sciences, Business & Finance, Society & Culture Release Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.