No More Work: Why Full Employment Is a Bad Idea

by James Livingston, James Livingston, Major General James Livingston

Book Overview

For centuries we've believed that work was where you learned discipline, initiative, honesty, self-reliance--in a word, character. A job was also, and not incidentally, the source of your income: if you didn't work, you didn't eat, or else you were stealing from someone. If only you worked hard, you could earn your way and maybe even make something of yourself.

In recent decades, through everyday experience, these beliefs have proven spectacularly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469630656
• ISBN13: 9781469630656
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.9"