American Jobs and the Changing Industrial Base

Download or read book American Jobs and the Changing Industrial Base written by Eileen L. Collins and published by Cambridge, Mass. : Ballinger Publishing Company. This book was released on 1984 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses the American worker's plight in the face of technological advances and the changing economic order and details new patterns of trade, productivity and industrial realignment in an effort to assess the future structure of U.S. employment. The contributors consider which aspects of technical advance change the industrial base; what research methodologies are used to study and predict labor trends; how technical change, structural shifts and employment prospects affect the American worker; and which policy measures will ease adjustment to structural change. They argue that economic and technological transition need not exact a toll on job markets. ISBN 0-88730-017-0 : $32.00.