Just Around The Corner: The Paradox Of The Jobless Recovery

by Stanley Aronowitz

Discusses why it is no longer true that economic growth leads to job growth.

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Stanley Aronowitz (1933–2021) was a professor of sociology, cultural studies, and urban education at the CUNY Graduate Center. He was also a veteran political activist and cultural critic, an advocate for organized labor and a member of the interim consultative committee of the International Organization for a Participatory Society.

In 2012, Aronowitz was awarded the Center for Study of Working Class Life's Lifetime Achievement Award at Stony Brook University.

Reviews

[Aaron Ambrose · Rating 2 out of 5]

Tepid, predictable leftish rehash of US history from roughly the Nixon years to “now” - published in 2005 - specifically as it bears on federal budgets and employment trends. Aronowitz omits data that contradicts his views, and a handful of glaring factual errors further diminish credibility. In any case, many of these interpretations have been well superseded in the intervening years, so I’d say this lacks relevancy from any year’s standpoint.