Jobs with Inequality: Financialization, Post-Democracy, and Labour Market Deregulation in Canada

by John Peters

Income inequality has skyrocketed in Canada over the past few decades. The rich have become richer, while the average household income has deteriorated and job quality has plummeted. Common explanations for these trends point to globalization, technology, or other forces largely beyond our control. But, as Jobs with Inequality shows, there is nothing inevitable about inequality. Rather, runaway inequality is the result of politics and policies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442646195
• ISBN13: 9781442646193
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"