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Average Is Over

Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation

Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation

By Tyler Cowen

By Tyler Cowen

By Tyler Cowen

By Tyler Cowen

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Aug 26, 2014 | ISBN 9780142181119

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    About Average Is Over

    Renowned economist and author of Big Business Tyler Cowen brings a groundbreaking analysis of capitalism, the job market, and the growing gap between the one percent and minimum wage workers in this follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Great Stagnation. 
     
    The United States continues to mint more millionaires and billionaires than any country ever. Yet, since the great recession, three quarters of the jobs created here pay only marginally more than minimum wage. Why is there growth only at the top and the bottom?
     
    Economist and bestselling author Tyler Cowen explains that high earners are taking ever more advantage of machine intelligence and achieving ever-better results. Meanwhile, nearly every business sector relies less and less on manual labor, and that means a steady, secure life somewhere in the middle—average—is over.
     
    In Average is Over, Cowen lays out how the new economy works and identifies what workers and entrepreneurs young and old must do to thrive in this radically new economic landscape.

    About Average Is Over

    Renowned economist and author of Big Business Tyler Cowen brings a groundbreaking analysis of capitalism, the job market, and the growing gap between the one percent and minimum wage workers in this follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Great Stagnation. 
     
    The United States continues to mint more millionaires and billionaires than any country ever. Yet, since the great recession, three quarters of the jobs created here pay only marginally more than minimum wage. Why is there growth only at the top and the bottom?
     
    Economist and bestselling author Tyler Cowen explains that high earners are taking ever more advantage of machine intelligence and achieving ever-better results. Meanwhile, nearly every business sector relies less and less on manual labor, and that means a steady, secure life somewhere in the middle—average—is over.
     
    In Average is Over, Cowen lays out how the new economy works and identifies what workers and entrepreneurs young and old must do to thrive in this radically new economic landscape.

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    About Tyler Cowen

    Tyler Cowen is a professor of economics at George Mason University. He is a prominent blogger at marginalrevolution.com, the world’s leading economics blog. He also writes regularly for the New York Times, and has written for Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, the Washington… More about Tyler Cowen

    About Tyler Cowen

    Tyler Cowen is a professor of economics at George Mason University. He is a prominent blogger at marginalrevolution.com, the world’s leading economics blog. He also writes regularly for the New York Times, and has written for Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, the Washington… More about Tyler Cowen

    Product Details

    Category: Economics | Management | Technology

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Plume
    Aug 26, 2014 | 304 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780142181119

    Category: Economics | Management | Technology

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Plume
    Sep 12, 2013 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9780698138162

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    Praise

    Praise for Average is Over

    “A lively and worryingly prophetic read… some of the most talked-about issues in present-day America… observations that are genuinely enlightening, interesting, and underappreciated”—The Daily Beast
     
    “A book that is gripping policy makers in Washington… An engaging and eclectic thinker.”—The Sunday Times
     
    “Cowen’s book represents a fundamental challenge.”—Wall Street Journal
     
    “A buckle-your-seatbelts, swiftly moving tour of the new economic landscape.”—Kirkus Reviews

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