The Tolls of Uncertainty: How Privilege and the Guilt Gap Shape Unemployment in America

by Sarah Damaske

Book Overview

An indispensable investigation into the American unemployment system and the ways gender and class affect the lives of those looking for work

Through the intimate stories of those seeking work, The Tolls of Uncertainty offers a startling look at the nation's unemployment system--who it helps, who it hurts, and what, if anything, we can do to make it fair. Drawing on interviews with one hundred men and women who have lost jobs...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691200149
• ISBN13: 9780691200149
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.4"