Following its publication in hardbound, the critically well-known Betrayal of Work turned into one of the most influential policy books about economic life in America; it was discussed in the pages of Newsweek, Company Week, Fortune, the Washington Post, Newsday, and U.S.A. Today, in addition to in public policy journals and in broadcast interviews, consisting of an one-on-one with Expense Moyers on PBS’s NOW. The American Possibility’s James K. Galbraith’s praise was typical: “Shulman’s slim and graceful book is a model mix of engaging portraiture, sound judgment, and understated conviction.” Beth Shulman’s strongly argued book uses a complete program to address the injustice dealt with by the 30 million Americans who work full time but do not earn a living wage. As the influential Harvard Service School newsletter put it, Shulman “particularly describes how structural changes in the economy may be accomplished, therefore broadening opportunities for all Americans.” This edition consists of a brand-new afterword that intervenes in the post-election argument by arguing that low-wage work is an immediate moral problem of our time.
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