{"product_id":"9781610396264","title":"Raising the Floor: How a Universal Basic Income Can Renew Our Economy and Rebuild the American Dream","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15.0px} \u003c\/style\u003e   \u003cb\u003eRaising the Floor confronts America's biggest economic challenge-the fundamental restructuring of the economy and the emerging disruptive technology that threaten secure jobs and income. Andy Stern convincingly shows why it is time to consider a universal basic income as the nation's twenty-first-century solution to increasing inequality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 2010, troubled by watching families chase the now-elusive American Dream, Andy Stern began a five-year journey to investigate how technology will impact jobs and the future of work. Stern, formerly the head of the nation's most influential and fastest-growing union, the Service Employees International Union, investigated these issues with a wide range of CEOs, futurists, economists, workers, entrepreneurs, and investment bankers who are shaping the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sobering assessment that emerged from his research-across the political spectrum, from libertarians at the CATO Institute to the leaders of the progressive left-is that this time is different: there will be meager benefits that come with full-time work and fewer good jobs overall. Facing such a challenging moment, Stern's solution is fittingly bold: to establish a universal basic income by eliminating many current government programs and adding new resources. At once vivid, provocative, and pragmatic, Raising the Floor will spark a national conversation about creating the new American Dream.","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139006349552,"sku":"9781610396264","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781610396264_p0.jpg?v=1763838559","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781610396264","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}