Just Work for All: The American Dream in the 21st Century

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: the American worker in (and) crisis
	I. From decline to depression
	II. The Jetsons and James Meade
	III. The case for just work (a preview)
	IV. Conclusion
1 A tale of two societies
	I. Adam Smith’s well-ordered society
	II. A brave new capitalist’s paradise?
	III. Winner-take-all labor markets
	IV. Leisure, security, and the gig economy
	V. The political economy of SWO
	VI. The constitution of American politics
	VII. Conclusion: A winner-take-all society
2 American public philosophy of markets
	I. Public philosophy
	II. Markets in principle vs. markets in reality
	III. (Most) Americans are not luck egalitarians
	IV. (Most) Americans are not libertarians
	V. Personal responsibility in WTA
	VI. Conclusion
3 The American Dream revisited
	I. Two principles of equality and opportunity
	II. Fair race: A meritocratic principle
	III. Just work: A relational principle
	IV. The economics of relational equality
	V. The American Dream from SWO to WTA
	VI. Conclusion
4 Martin Luther King’s dream revisited
	I. Recognition or redistribution?
	II. Racial justice from SWO to WTA
	III. An interracial coalition for just work
	IV. Conclusion
5 Justice, gender, and the working family
	I. Speaking of The Jetsons
	II. Gendered division of labor in WTA
	III. Just work feminism
	IV. Conclusion
6 Abdicating the throne: the political economy of justice
	I. Is this book too conservative?
	II. The theory and practice of justice in the second-best (at best) world
	III. A political economy approach
	IV. Realizing (or moving beyond) Rawls?
	V. Conclusion
7 The philosophy, politics, and economics of just work
	I. American public philosophy in a winner-take-all economy
	II. An economics of inclusive prosperity
	III. Legislation in favor of the worker
	IV. Death (of SWO) and taxes
	V. The American Dream after Covid-19
Index