The Unaffordable Nation

by JONES, JEFFREY

• ISBN13: 9781591025153
• ISBN10: 159102515X
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2007-05-01
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

Transcending ordinary politics, addresses Americans in their capacities as working persons dependent upon their occupations, their employers, and the government regulation of both to earn a decent living alongside the rising costs of nearly everything.

Author Biography

Jeffrey D. Jones is an assistant professor of law at the Lewis and Clark Law School.

Table of Contents

Introduction : Leibniz in economics	p. 17
The unaffordable nation	p. 33
Introduction : products, persons, and unaffordability	p. 35
Of lawsuits and lotteries	p. 41
Traditionalism and the rise of the credit welfare system	p. 57
An examination of a noble sentiment	p. 75
The billionaire and the destitute man : unaffordability as a political problem	p. 85
Poor choice, poor justice, poor luck	p. 97
Introduction : labor obligations and excuses	p. 97
Poor choice : the American hatred of paupers	p. 103
Poor justice : injustice and the golden rule	p. 123
Poor luck : the inequity of disability and other struggles	p. 133
The covenant on affordability	p. 143
Introduction : labor-based entitlements	p. 143
The covenant on affordability	p. 147
Some applications : corporations, immigration, and trade	p. 157
Conclusion : labor as an American institution	p. 179
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