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The first seven of eight chapters are very good, the descriptions excellent and I kept turning the pages. But then I started the eighth chapter and realized my perspective was at right angles to the author's. All the insights and enjoyment I had from the earlier chapters vanished into vague policy prescriptions and hackneyed proposals.
 
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Bookjoy144 | 2 andra recensioner | Mar 2, 2022 |
The problem I often have with reading a lot of books about several interconnected sociological topics is that when I do finally come across a good book that combines many of those ideas, I've already read so much about the subjects individually. This particular book does a great job of connecting history with the present recession, examining what has happened in previous recessions and in other countries. It also looks at the repercussions of a recession across a number of demographics -- race, gender, family status, region, class.

During the course of reading this book, I came to the sudden realization that I am twenty-seven years old, have been working for eleven years, and have never held a full-time permanent job; that though foreign to earlier generations, this not at all unusual for people of my generation, and the reason for this is not just one easily identifiable factor, but a combination of sociological, technological, cultural, and economic issues, none of which can be quickly fixed.

Yaay! Emerging adulthood!
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resoundingjoy | 2 andra recensioner | Jan 1, 2021 |
This is a First Reads for me - I won this as a Giveaway.

This book was a quick read and it flowed well as I was reading it. Most of the book talks about the Great Recession's effect on people and our society. I have first-hand experience of this, having lost my job of 21 years during the recession and discovering that the jobs available to me after that would only pay half my previous salary. The adjustments that I've had to make to my life and the adjustments that quite a few people that I know have had to make to their lives are detailed here. I enjoyed reading about something I had actually lived through and am still living through.

Only a small part of the book is dedicated to ideas as to what we can do about this. I'm not an economist so I can't say if all of these suggestions would be economically feasible. I like the idea of the government giving some money to people who had to take lower-paying jobs but I honestly think that would be too expensive and I don't foresee that every happening. There are no easy answers and the author explains that. The best part of the book is knowing that "I am not alone" as to what I've been through and what I think and feel.
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Chica3000 | 2 andra recensioner | Dec 11, 2020 |
A good article and a TRULY scary take on what lies ahead for the next generation.
 
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carterchristian1 | Aug 27, 2010 |

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