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 Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description An acclaimed historian reveals how our culture became obsessed with working for ourselves and how it distracts us from real economic progress 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. Details ISBN 0393868214 ISBN-13 9780393868210 Title One Day I'll Work for Myself Author Benjamin C. Waterhouse Format Hardcover Year 2024 Pages 304 Publisher WW Norton & Co GE_Item_ID:158563411; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

Price: 29.2 USD

Location: Fairfield, Ohio

End Time: 2025-01-21T04:06:40.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 USD