Hard Times: The Divisive Toll of the Economic Slump - Rilegato

Clark, Tom; Heath, Anthony

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ISBN 10: 0300203772 ISBN 13: 9780300203776

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2014

Riassunto

An analysis of the enduring social costs of the post-2008 economic crisis

2008 was a watershed year for global finance. The banking system was eventually pulled back from the brink, but the world was saddled with the worst slump since the 1930s Depression, and millions were left unemployed. While numerous books have addressed the financial crisis, very little has been written about its social consequences.
 
Journalist Tom Clark draws on the research of a transatlantic team led by Professors Anthony Heath and Robert D. Putnam to determine the great recession’s toll on individuals, families, and community bonds in the United States and the United Kingdom. The ubiquitous metaphor of the crisis has been an all-encompassing “financial storm,” but Clark argues that the data tracks the narrow path of a tornado—destroying some neighborhoods while leaving others largely untouched. In our vastly unequal societies, disproportionate suffering is being meted out to the poor—and the book’s new analysis suggests that the scars left by unemployment and poverty will linger long after the economy recovers.
 
Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have shown more interest in exploiting the divisions of opinion ushered in by the slump than in grappling with these problems. But this hard-hitting analysis provides a wake-up call that all should heed.

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Recensione:

'If you want to know about the enduring damage that recessions can do to ordinary people in unequal societies, then read this book. Hard Times provides a unique combination of hard statistics and fascinating interviews with workers and families that were hit by the big slump. A must read.' --Thomas Piketty, author of 'Capital in the 21st Century'

'Hard Times by Tom Clark ought to be one of the books of the year.' --Nick Cohen, The Observer

'We all know the Great Recession was bad. But Tom Clark reveals just what 'bad' means to individual and families at the sharp end. Whether or not you agree with all the conclusions, you cannot ignore this meticulously-documented book.' --Chris Giles, Economics Editor, Financial Times

L'autore:

Tom Clark writes daily editorials on politics, economics, and social affairs for The Guardian in London. Anthony Heath is professor of sociology, University of Manchester, and emeritus professor at the University of Oxford.

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• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0300203772
• ISBN 13: 9780300203776
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 298