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You′re Paid What You′re Worth – And Other Myths of the Modern Economy And Other Myths of the Modern Economy

Name: You′re Paid What You′re Worth – And Other Myths of the Modern Economy
Author: Jake Rosenfeld

Auteur: Jake Rosenfeld

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Jake Rosenfeld

Engels
Hardcover
9780674916593
16 februari 2021
384 pagina's

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Setting wages isn’t an exact science, but we like to think that our workplace performance provides an objective basis for pay. You’re Paid What You’re Worth offers a bold theory to the contrary, arguing that pay is decided in contests over interests and ideals—that social conflicts, not economic metrics, determine who gets how much.

A myth-busting book challenges the idea that we’re paid according to objective criteria and places power and social conflict at the heart of economic analysis.

Your pay depends on your productivity and occupation. If you earn roughly the same as others in your job, with the precise level determined by your performance, then you’re paid market value. And who can question something as objective and impersonal as the market? That, at least, is how many of us tend to think. But according to Jake Rosenfeld, we need to think again.

Job performance and occupational characteristics do play a role in determining pay, but judgments of productivity and value are also highly subjective. What makes a lawyer more valuable than a teacher? How do you measure the output of a police officer, a professor, or a reporter? Why, in the past few decades, did CEOs suddenly become hundreds of times more valuable than their employees? The answers lie not in objective criteria but in battles over interests and ideals. In this contest four dynamics are paramount: power, inertia, mimicry, and demands for equity. Power struggles legitimize pay for particular jobs, and organizational inertia makes that pay seem natural. Mimicry encourages employers to do what peers are doing. And workers are on the lookout for practices that seem unfair. Rosenfeld shows us how these dynamics play out in real-world settings, drawing on cutting-edge economics, original survey data, and a journalistic eye for compelling stories and revealing details.

At a time when unions and bargaining power are declining and inequality is rising, You’re Paid What You’re Worth is a crucial resource for understanding that most basic of social questions: Who gets what and why?

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 16 februari 2021
Aantal pagina's: 384
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Hoofdauteur: Jake Rosenfeld
Hoofduitgeverij: Harvard University Press

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Product breedte: 140 mm
Product lengte: 210 mm
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Verpakking breedte: 140 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 210 mm
Verpakking lengte: 210 mm
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Categorieën: Mens & Maatschappij

Economie & Financiën

Economie

Sociale groepen

Arbeidseconomie

Economische systemen

Politieke economie

Populaire economie

Sociale klassen

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Taal: Engels
Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar
Studieboek of algemeen: Algemene boeken

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