One Day I'll Work for Myself: The Dream and Delusion That Conquered America

by Benjamin Waterhouse

"One day I'll work for myself." Perhaps you've heard some version of that phrase from friends, colleagues, family members--perhaps you've said it yourself. If so, you're not alone. The spirit of entrepreneurship runs deep in American culture and history, in the films we watch and the books we read, in our political rhetoric, and in the music piping through our speakers.

What makes the dream of self-employment so alluring, so pervasive in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393868214
• ISBN13: 9780393868210
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"