Inequality and the Labor Market

The Case for Greater Competition

Sharon Block, Benjamin H. Harris

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English

Brookings Institution
06 April 2021

Society & culture: general; Central government policies; Trade unions; Industrial arbitration & negotiation; Employment & labour law

Exploring a new agenda to improve outcomes for American workers

As the United States continues to struggle with the impact of the devastating COVID-19 recession, policymakers have an opportunity to redress the competition problems in our labor markets. Making the right policy choices, however, requires a deep understanding of long-term, multidimensional problems. That will be solved only by looking to the failures and unrealized opportunities in anti-trust and labor law.

For decades, competition in the U.S. labor market has declined, with the result that American workers have experienced slow wage growth and diminishing job quality. While sluggish productivity growth, rising globalization, and declining union representation are traditionally cited as factors for this historic imbalance in economic power, weak competition in the labor market is increasingly being recognized as a factor as well.

This book by noted experts frames the legal and economic consequences of this imbalance and presents a series of urgently needed reforms of both labor and anti-trust laws to improve outcomes for American workers. These include higher wages, safer workplaces, increased ability to report labor violations, greater mobility, more opportunities for workers to build power, and overall better labor protections.

Inequality and the Labor Market will interest anyone who cares about building a progressive economic agenda or who has a marked interest in labor policy. It also will appeal to anyone hoping to influence or anticipate the much-needed progressive agenda for the United States. The book's unusual scope provides prescriptions that, as Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz notes in the introduction, map a path for rebalancing power, not just in our economy but in our democracy.

Edited by: Sharon Block, Benjamin H. Harris
Imprint: Brookings Institution
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 226mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 404g
ISBN: 9780815738800
ISBN 10: 0815738803
Pages: 262
Publication Date: 06 April 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

""Sharon Block is the former executive director of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School, where she also teaches. Before coming to Harvard, she served eight years in the Obama administration in senior positions at the Department ofLabor, the National Labor Relations Board, and the White House. Prior to the Obamaadministration, she served as Senior Labor and Employment Counsel for Senator Edward Kennedy on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. She currentlyserves as the Associate Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Officeof Management and Budget.Benjamin H. Harris is a counselor to the U.S. Treasury Secretary. He previously served as the chief economist with Results for America, the executive director of the Kellogg Public-Private Initiative at the Kellogg School of Management, and chief economist to Vice President Joe Biden in the Obama White House.""

Reviews for Inequality and the Labor Market: The Case for Greater Competition

This volume offers ideas on how we can rewrite the rules of the economy to make the labor market more competitive and prevent the anticompetitive practices that employers have systematically used to increase their market power. This volume also provides a rich policy agenda for how to redress these imbalancesan essential component in protecting our democracy.Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate and professor, Columbia University