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- Downshifting: How to Work Less and Enjoy Life More – John D. Drake
- Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs
- How to Be Idle – Tom Hodgkinson
- Job Hopper – Ayun Halliday
- Joy at Work: A Revolutionary Approach To Fun on the Job – Dennis W. Bakke
- My Job, My Self: Work and the Creation of the Modern Individual – Al Gini
- Never Get a "Real" Job – Scott Gerber
- Nickel and Dimed – Barbara Ehrenreich
- No-Collar: The Humane Workplace and Its Hidden Costs – Andrew Ross
- Scratch Beginnings – Adam Shepard
- Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America – John de Graaf
- The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary – Mark Sanborn
- The Future of Success: Working and Living in the New Economy – Robert B. Reich
- The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline Of Leisure – Juliet Schor
- The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work – Joanne B. Ciulla
- The Working Poor : Invisible n America – David K. Shipler
- White-Collar Sweatshop THE DETERIORATION OF WORK AND ITS REWARDS IN CORPORATE AMERICA – Jill Andresky Fraser
- Work to Live – Joe Robinson
- Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do – STUDS TERKEL
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The Income Gap IS Shrinking, but in the worst possible way.
The downturn may finally shrink the gap between the very best-off Americans and everyone else. But if so, it won’t be by lifting up the bottom. It will be by pulling down the top. (Wall Street Journal) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125254156520197777.html#mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird Although as … Continue reading
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RV Sales Surge – Economists are “heartened”? Um…
Some economists are heartened by an obscure measure of buyer sentiment: recreational vehicle sales. RV wholesale shipments jumped 16% in August from July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 209,800. That’s a 136% surge from January. (USA Today) http://bit.ly/3FA3U1 … Continue reading
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Tagged Mobile Home, Recreational Vehicles surge, RV, Trailer, Trailer Park
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RV Sales Surge – Economists are “heartened”? Um…
Some economists are heartened by an obscure measure of buyer sentiment: recreational vehicle sales. RV wholesale shipments jumped 16% in August from July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 209,800. That’s a 136% surge from January. (USA Today) http://bit.ly/3FA3U1 … Continue reading
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Temporary Retail Stores
A few years ago, when cheap real estate was scarce, pop-up stores were a major investment for marketers. Now temporary stores have emerged as a perfect solution for cash-strapped brands, commission-hungry brokers and landlords faced with a glut of commercial … Continue reading
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BrazenCareerist.com – Where Ideas Are Your Resume
New site…worth checking out. See me there soon. Too many ideas.
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Executive’s still paid the same… Why aren’t we up in arms??!!!?
For all the talk of reining in CEO pay and enacting financial reform — even from some CEOs themselves — it’s beginning to appear that very little has changed in the way companies are run and executives get paid. ( U.S. … Continue reading
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Kickstarter.com
A new site called Kickstarter.com allows (or will soon allow) people who need financing for small to mid-sized projects (huge ones too, I guess) or businesses to post project details to chum little pledges from everyday folks. Small pledges maybe … Continue reading
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Jobpic.com – Bizzaro-World Craigslist
Many, if not most, of my temporary positions came from Craigslist. It was a fine time to be a free-wheeler back at the turn of the milenium. Those days have changed and maybe you should too. JobPic.com offers an eBay … Continue reading
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IN FED WE TRUST
In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke’s War on the Great Panic. Author David Wessel was quoted on BBCAmerica: “As for the Fed…the Fed is really played out”. New book: In K-Fed we trust.
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AvoidThisJob.com
If considering an adventure as a permanent temporary, you might find this site useful. It might scare you away entirely! AvoidThisJob.com
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