Crisis Work

By one reading, things look pretty good for Americans today: The country is richer than ever before, and the unemployment rate is down by half since the Great Recession. But a closer look shows that something is going seriously wrong. This is the collapse of work - especially among America's men. Political economist Nicholas Eberstadt shows that while "unemployment" has gone down, America's work rate is also lower today than a generation ago - and that the work rate for US men has been spiraling downward for half a century.

She thought she had the perfect recipe for a happy marriage. Turns out, her husband was serving her nothing but lies. For five years, Olivia poured her heart into two things: her bustling local bakery and her husband, James. While she woke up before dawn to knead dough and build their future, the charismatic corporate executive was busy climbing the ladder. She played the supportive wife, ignoring his late nights and brushing off the smug, knowing smiles of his so-called "work wife," Amanda. Until Olivia uncovers a devastating secret that shatters her perfectly curated life. It isn’t just...

In The Brutal Truth About Work, I reveal the harsh realities of modern work culture, cutting through corporate buzzwords and false promises. This raw, unfiltered exploration explains why so many of us feel trapped in jobs we hate and routines that drain our creativity. If you're tired of the endless grind, this book uncovers the dark side of wage slavery — why it exists and how to break free. Based on the most powerful ideas from my YouTube videos in 2023-2025, it challenges everything you’ve been told about work, money, success, and happiness. This isn’t about climbing the corporate ...

In his seminal work, AI, Automation, and the Post-Work Identity Crisis, Bernd Riemann delivers a rigorous empirical and philosophical analysis of the modern labor era. As we stand on the precipice of a transition, the traditional social contract—which for centuries tethered human dignity to productive output—is not merely fraying; it is reaching a terminal structural end. Riemann’s analysis serves as a vital diagnostic tool for a species being systematically superseded by its own creations, offering a strategic framework for a future where human presence has shifted from a logistical ...

We are at a threshold. As we face uncertain futures, the familiar is falling away. This book invites us to embody new ways of being and connecting so we can navigate troubled times together From the bestselling author of The Wild Edge of Sorrow, a beautifully packaged collection of 17 essays on...

Alan S. Blinder - esteemed Princeton professor, Wall Street Journal columnist, and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board under Alan Greenspan - is one of our wisest and most clear-eyed economic thinkers. In After the Music Stopped, he delivers a masterful narrative of how the worst economic crisis in postwar American history happened, what the government did to fight it, and what we must do to recover from it.

In The Long Fix, physician and health-care CEO Vivian S. Lee, MD, cuts to the heart of the health-care crisis. The problem with the way medicine is practiced, she explains, is not so much who's paying, it's what we are paying for. Insurers, employers, the government, and individuals pay for every procedure, prescription, and lab test, whether or not it makes us better - and that is both backward and dangerous.   

"The Minimalists show you how to disconnect from our conditioned material state and reconnect to our true essence: love people and use things. This is not a book about how to live with less, but about how to live more deeply and more fully." —Jay Shetty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of...

Jung and the Midlife Crisis: Individuation, Meaning, and Transformation in the Second Half of Life speaks to a common turning point that can feel unsettling even when life looks stable from the outside. Work may still be functioning, family roles may still be intact, and yet the old structure no longer fits. Achievement can start to feel thin. Long-standing habits in love, ambition, and identity can lose their force. This book uses Carl Jung’s psychology to explain why midlife often brings not only stress and disappointment, but a genuine confrontation with meaning, inner conflict, and ...

In Talking to My Daughter About the Economy, activist Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former finance minister and the author of the international bestseller Adults in the Room, pens a series of letters to his young daughter, educating her about the business, politics, and corruption of world...

You're earning more than you were five years ago. You're also poorer in real terms. This isn't bad luck. This isn't poor budgeting. This is the UK financial system working exactly as it was designed to. How Money Really Works in the UK is the plain-English investigation into the mechanisms that govern what happens to your money — before it reaches you, while you hold it, and every time you spend it, save it, or borrow it. Why 97% of UK money is created by commercial banks — not the government How a mortgage creates money that didn't exist until you signed the contract What your credit ...

#1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A “fantastic” (Mark Ruffalo), fiercely argued takedown of neoliberalism that not only defines this slippery concept but connects it to the climate crisis, poverty, and fascism—and shows us how to fight back. “Incisive, illuminating, eye-opening—an...

When the Grid Fails, Will You Be Ready—Or Left in the Dark? A sudden blackout. A contaminated water supply. Empty grocery store shelves. If disaster struck tonight, would you be prepared—or just hoping for help? Most people wait until it’s too late to realize they should have prepared. But the truth is, real emergencies don’t give you a warning. That’s why Off-Grid Survival Projects exists—to help you build simple, reliable systems before a crisis hits. This isn’t a theory book. It’s a hands-on, step-by-step guide designed for regular people—renters, suburban families, ...

Let's be real. Your phone is a siren, your inbox is a war zone, and your calendar is laughing at you. You feel like you're running on fumes, making decisions in a panic, and you can't remember the last time you felt truly in control. The world doesn't slow down, it just accelerates. In this chaos, the ability to stay calm has become the ultimate differentiator, the hidden advantage of people who think clearly when everyone else freezes. This book is about rewiring your brain and body to stay centered when pressure peaks, transforming stress into strategy, and panic into precision. Because ...

Most of us want to make a difference. We donate our time and money to charities and causes we deem worthy, choose careers we consider meaningful, and patronize businesses and buy products we believe make the world a better place. Unfortunately, we often base these decisions on assumptions and...

An instant New York Times bestseller, Dan Lyons' "hysterical" (Recode) memoir, hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "the best book about Silicon Valley," takes readers inside the maddening world of fad-chasing venture capitalists, sales bros, social climbers, and sociopaths at today's tech...

"The first book to argue that even though artificial intelligence may replace millions of jobs, it can never replace the one thing that truly matters." Artificial intelligence isn't just changing the way we work. It's changing the way we think about ourselves. For generations, we humans measured our worth by our intelligence, our education, our careers, and our ability to produce valuable work. But what happens when a machine can perform many of the same intellectual tasks in seconds—and at almost no cost? The result isn't simply economic disruption. It's an identity crisis. Millions of ...

In Targeting Turnover, Dick Finnegan draws on decades of experience and groundbreaking data to reveal a stark truth: the US is running out of workers. As baby boomers retire and birthrates fall, the only sustainable path forward is to keep the good employees you already have. Forget one-size-fits-all solutions like pay and perks. The top predictor of retention and engagement is whether employees trust their boss. Yet most first-line leaders have never been trained—or held accountable—for building that trust.

You've done everything right. You work. You save. And you're still renting. The average British first-time buyer is now 33 years old and needs a £61,000 deposit. Fewer than 3% of single renters can afford to buy on a typical salary. There are 2.2 million people who were expected to own a home by now — and don't. This isn't bad luck. This isn't a supply problem. This is the system working exactly as it was designed to. How the Housing Market Really Works names the people who built it, explains how each part functions, and shows who profits every year you keep renting. Why the estate agent...

Everyone has opinions about the 2008 financial crisis. Almost no one actually understands how it happened. You've heard the phrases: "too big to fail," "toxic assets," "the bailouts." But do you know why Lehman Brothers collapsed while Bear Stearns was saved? What actually made mortgage-backed securities so dangerous? How a housing bubble in America triggered bank failures across Europe? Most explanations are either oversimplified ("greedy bankers") or incomprehensible (drowning in financial jargon). This book cuts through both. Financial Crisis: Explained walks you through the 2008 ...