Layoffs have become a strategy of first not last resort in American business. Why and when did this occur? What are its consequences for workers, families, communities, and the economy? Can anything be done about it? These are questions Louis Uchitelle takes up in The Disposable American. I discuss his answers and my own views on how to move forward to address the growing pressures on workers and families.
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