The Profit Paradox: How Thriving Firms Threaten the Future of Work

by Jan Eeckhout

Book Overview

A pioneering account of the surging global tide of market power--and how it stifles workers around the world

In an era of technological progress and easy communication, it might seem reasonable to assume that the world's working people have never had it so good. But wages are stagnant and prices are rising, so that everything from a bottle of beer to a prosthetic hip costs more. Economist Jan Eeckhout shows how this is due to a small...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691214476
• ISBN13: 9780691214474
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.4"