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100			_aEeckhout, Jan
245			_aProfit Paradox : How Thriving Firms Threaten the Future of Work
260			_bPrinceton University Press _c2021 _aPrinceton :
300			_aviii, 327 p. ; _bill., _c24 cm
365			_b27.95 _cUSD _d78.20
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIn an era of technological progress and easy communication, it might seem reasonable to assume that the world's working people have never had it so good. But wages are stagnant and prices are rising, so that everything from a bottle of beer to a prosthetic hip costs more. Economist Jan Eeckhout shows how this is due to a small number of companies exploiting an unbridled rise in market power the ability to set prices higher than they could in a properly functioning competitive marketplace. Drawing on his own groundbreaking research and telling the stories of common workers throughout, he demonstrates how market power has suffocated the world of work, and how, without better mechanisms to ensure competition, it could lead to disastrous market corrections and political turmoil. The Profit Paradox describes how, over the past forty years, a handful of companies have reaped most of the rewards of technological advancements acquiring rivals, securing huge profits, and creating brutally unequal outcomes for workers. Instead of passing on the benefits of better technologies to consumers through lower prices, these "superstar" companies leverage new technologies to charge even higher prices. The consequences are already immense, from unnecessarily high prices for virtually everything, to fewer startups that can compete, to rising inequality and stagnating wages for most workers, to severely limited social mobility. A provocative investigation into how market power hurts average working people, The Profit Paradox also offers concrete solutions for fixing the problem and restoring a healthy economy.
650			_aTechnological innovations
650			_aWork
650			_aMarket
650			_aWages
650			_aBusiness enterprises
650			_aLabor market
650			_aManpower policy
650			_aWorking class
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