Labor Economics

This sound primer of basic economics tells all you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask about money, the market, prices, monopoly, competition, land, labor, capital, entrepreneurs, the Federal Reserve, and the distribution of wealth. For those desiring to educate themselves in economic...

This book was written in the Before Times. Looking back through it, I’m reminded of what I cared about before the world fell apart with lockdowns, mandates, and the ensuing existential crisis of civilization itself. I wondered at first if this book mattered anymore but now I’m sure it does. My theme is meaning. Not big meaning but meaning in small things. The meaning of everyday life. Finding friendship, mission, passion, and love in the course of working out one’s life in the framework of a commercial society, which should not be narrowly construed as only a way of paying bills but ...

"An absolute must-read for anyone interested not just in big tech, but in what it takes to not lose your soul in modern-day America." —Naomi Fry, staff writer at The New Yorker A whip-smart, darkly funny, and timely memoir of one woman’s twelve years inside Google and her transformation from...

From the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap takes a sweeping look at the history of technological progress and how it has radically shifted the distribution of economic and political power among society’s members.

A dazzlingly original, "remarkable" account of the life and thought of legendary economist Adam Smith (Financial Times). Adam Smith (1723-1790) is now widely regarded as the greatest economist of all time. But what he really thought, and the implications of his ideas, remain fiercely contested...

A Nobel Prize–⁠winning economist shows us why we have to deal in trade-offs when we can’t agree on what’s right and what’s wrong. Some of the most intractable controversies in our divided society are, at bottom, about what actions and transactions should be banned. Should women and...

The Economics of Fast Food: Supply Chains, Labor, Marketing, Psychology, and the Making of Modern Food Culture explains how a quick, inexpensive meal became the product of a highly organized economic system. Fast food is not just about cooking and selling burgers. It depends on franchising, commercial real estate, tightly managed supply chains, standardized kitchen design, low-cost labor, and marketing techniques built to increase frequency, spending, and habit. This book shows how the industry grew from local stands and drive-ins into a model copied across retail, logistics, and service ...

Prepare to have your perspective on economics forever altered. "AGI and the Future of Economics: A Critical Examination" is not just another book about artificial intelligence—it's a revolutionary exploration of how Artificial General Intelligence will reshape the very foundations of our global economy. From the automation of labor markets to the redefinition of value creation, this groundbreaking work dives deep into the socioeconomic upheavals that AGI promises to bring. With meticulous research and thought-provoking analysis, the book challenges long-held economic theories and offers ...

From Attorney Ryan, the most well-known labor lawyer in America, the complete guide to workers’ rights that your boss doesn’t want you to read Life for working people is getting harder and more expensive. While employers clamp down with return-to-office mandates, productivity trackers, and...

The Structural Shift: How U.S. Demographics Will Reshape Markets and Investment Strategy Most investors spend their time reacting to short-term headlines — interest rate decisions, quarterly earnings, political events, and market volatility. But the most powerful forces shaping financial markets are often the slowest. Demographics. Over the coming decades, the United States will experience one of the most important structural transitions in its economic history. Aging populations, declining fertility, and shifting immigration dynamics are gradually transforming the foundations of economic...

The triumphant New York Times bestseller! “Warm and oddly patriotic...A working-class hero is something to be.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times An uproarious and “utterly charming” (The Washington Post) memoir by a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, who found that...

Participating in the economy is a part of everyday life; yet much of what is commonly accepted as fact is wrong. Keynesian schoolteachers and the liberal media have filled the world with politically correct errors that myth-busting professor Robert Murphy sets straight. Murphy explains hot topics like outsourcing (why it's good for Americans) and zoning restrictions (why they're not). Just like the other books in the P.I.G. series, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism pulls no punches.

Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year The "rich and gripping" true story of the first time machines came for human jobs—and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech and AI today (Naomi Klein) The most urgent story in modern tech begins...

A revelatory new history of the Irish Great Famine, showing how the British Empire caused Ireland’s most infamous disaster. “Vigorous and engaging.” —Fintan O’Toole, The New Yorker In 1845, European potato fields were attacked by a novel pathogen. But it was only in Ireland that the...

“A page-turning book that spans a century of worker strikes.... Engrossing, character-driven, panoramic.” —The New York Times Book Review We live in an era of soaring corporate profits and anemic wage gains, one in which low-paid jobs and blighted blue-collar communities have become a...

A rousing call to arms, packed with surprising insights, that explores how carrying ""the mental load""—the thankless day-to-day anticipating of needs and solving of problems large and small—is adversely affecting women’s lives and feeding gender inequality, and shows the way forward for...

This audiobook contains all 3 volumes of Capital, a compendium that Marx's collaborator Friedrich Engels described as 'the Bible of the working class'. One of the most notorious and influential works of modern times, Capital is an incisive critique of private property and the social relations it generates.

A Financial Times Most Anticipated Book of 2025 A sweeping, dramatic history of capitalism as seen through the eyes of its fiercest critics. At a time when artificial intelligence, climate change, and inequality are raising fundamental questions about the economic system, Capitalism and Its...

Welcome to the most pivotal moment of our generation—a turning point that is reshaping your job, your career, and your child’s future. In AI Shock, bestselling author and AI strategist Elijah Low delivers a wake-up call and a survival guide for a world being rapidly rewritten by artificial intelligence. For decades, economic value was measured by job titles, college degrees, and accumulated knowledge. But AI is now replacing all three—faster than anyone expected. From law firms and classrooms to factories and hospitals, no industry is safe. And yet, this moment of disruption offers a ...

In Humanity, AI, and the Limits of Capitalism, Dr. Erik Gray explores a transformation that is reshaping the foundations of modern economic life. Artificial intelligence is no longer just automating tasks—it is reorganizing how decisions are made, how work is structured, and how value is produced. As systems take on a larger share of both physical and cognitive functions, production becomes increasingly independent of human labor. Yet the distribution of income remains tied to participation in that labor. This creates a structural tension at the core of the system. Through a clear and ...