One Day I'll Work for Myself: The Dream and Delusion That Conquered America by B

Description: One Day I'll Work for Myself by Benjamin C. Waterhouse An acclaimed historian reveals how our culture became obsessed with working for ourselves and how it distracts us from real economic progress FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "One day Ill work for myself." Perhaps youve heard some version of that phrase from friends, colleagues, family members-perhaps youve said it yourself. If so, youre not alone. The spirit of entrepreneurship runs deep in American culture and history, in the films we watch and the books we read, in our political rhetoric, and in the music piping through our speakers. What makes the dream of self-employment so alluring, so pervasive in todays world? Benjamin C. Waterhouse offers a provocative argument: the modern cult of the hustle is a direct consequence of economic failures-bad jobs, stagnant wages, and inequality-since the 1970s. With original research, Waterhouse traces a new narrative history of business in America, populated with vivid characters-from the activists, academics, and work-from-home gurus who hailed business ownership as our economic salvation to the upstarts who took the plunge. We meet, among others, a consultant who quits his job and launches a wildly popular beer company, a department store saleswoman who founds a plus-size bra business on the Internet, and an Indian immigrant in Texas who flees the corporate world to open a motel. Some flourish; some squeak by. Some fail. As Waterhouse shows, the go-it-alone movement that began in the 1970s laid the political and cultural groundwork for todays gig economy and its ethos: everyone should be their own boss. While some people find success in that world, countless others are left bouncing from gig to gig-exploited, underpaid, or conned by get-rich-quick scams. And our politics doesnt know how to respond. Accessible, fast-paced, and eye-opening, One Day Ill Work for Myself offers a fresh, insightful cultural history of the U.S. economy from the perspective of the people within it, asking urgent questions about why were clinging to old strategies for progress-and at what cost. Author Biography Benjamin C. Waterhouse is the author of Lobbying America: The Politics of Business from Nixon to NAFTA and The Land of Enterprise: A Business History of the United States. He is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Review Engaging. . . . A clear-minded account of the link between self-employment and culture--and where the path leads.-- "Kirkus"Waterhouses economical storytelling keeps the history informative yet approachable, and his searing analysis sheds light on how Americas boot-strapping mythology has hoodwinked workers. . . . Readers will want to check this out before quitting their day job.-- "Publishers Weekly"A new and unique perspective on an important topic: how the ideal of self-employment became an American ideology that has led so many of us, from individual entrepreneurs to policymakers, astray. Fun and often hilarious, the book draws together seemingly disparate stories, from Jay-Zs philosophy of the hustle to work-from-home gurus, into an organic whole and sheds new light on our widespread dreams of going it alone.--Lee Vinsel, associate professor of science, technology, and society at Virginia Tech and coauthor of The Innovation Delusion Details ISBN0393868214 Author Benjamin C. Waterhouse Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780393868210 Format Hardcover Subtitle The Dream and Delusion That Conquered America Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2024-01-16 UK Release Date 2024-01-16 Audience General ISBN-10 0393868214 Publisher WW Norton & Co Publication Date 2024-02-27 Imprint WW Norton & Co Place of Publication New York Illustrations 6 charts/illustrations US Release Date 2024-02-27 Pages 304 DEWEY 338.040973 AU Release Date 2024-03-07 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158779959;

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