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Speculative algorithms are the new invisible cage for workers
Aug 06 2024
By Hatim Rahman, author of Inside the Invisible Cage: How Algorithms Control WorkersIt was barely a decade ago that many of us became enamored by the “gig” economy. Booking a room, ride, or restaurant took seconds and could be done at virtually any time or place.A major factor enabling the g
Q&A with Eli Revelle Yano Wilson, author of Handcrafted Careers
Aug 05 2024
As workers attempt new modes of employment in the era of the Great Resignation, they face a labor landscape that is increasingly uncertain and stubbornly unequal. With Handcrafted Careers, sociologist Eli Revelle Yano Wilson dives headfirst into the everyday lives of workers in the craft beer indust
How Today’s Tight Labor Market Could Have Lasting Impacts on Poverty
Dec 18 2023
By Katherine Newman and Elisabeth Jacobs, co-authors of Moving the Needle: What Tight Labor Markets Do for the PoorFor nearly half a century, scholars and policymakers alike have pointed to the devasting impact of joblessness for individuals, families, and communities. William Julius Wilson’s cl
Q&A with Erin Cech, author of The Trouble With Passion
Nov 09 2021
Out today, The Trouble with Passion probes the ominous side of career advice to "follow your passion." This data-driven study explains how the passion principle fails us and perpetuates inequality by class, gender, and race; and it suggests how we can reconfigure our relationships to paid work. In t