Inequality, Uncertainty, and Opportunity

Christian E. Weller is Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

• Introduction by Christian E. Weller1. How 401(k) Plans Make Recessions Worseby Teresa Ghilarducci and Joelle Saad-Lessler2. Financialization, Collective Bargaining, and the Public Interestby Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Dan Brooks, Noel Cowell, Christos A. Ioannou, Martin Mulloy, Danny Roberts, Tanzia S. Saunders, and Søren Viemose3. Gaining Traction: Socially Responsible Investments, Targeted Markets, Sustainable Impactsby Janet Boguslaw and Alexander B. Kaufman4. Beyond Shareholder Value? The Impact of Capital Market–Oriented Business Management on Labor Relations in Germanyby Klaus Dörre5. Organizing the U.S. Financial Sector: Industry Reform and Raising Labor Standards Through Transnational Alliancesby Hina Sheikh, Stephen Lerner, and Rita Berlofa6. Labor in the 21st Century: The Top 0.1% and the Disappearing Middle Classby William Lazonick7. Investors as Managers: How Private Equity Firms Manage Labor and Employment Relationsby Rosemary Batt and Eileen Appelbaum8. Employee Stock Ownership and Profit Sharing in the New Era of Financialization and Inequality in the Distribution of Capital Incomeby Joseph R. Blasi, Richard B. Freeman, and Douglas L. Kruse9. Household Wealth Inequality, Retirement Income Security, and Financial Market Swings 1983 Through 2010by Edward N. Wolff10. Debt Lock-In: Household Debt Burden and Voluntary Quitsby Sara M. Bernardo11. Income Diversification as Insurance in an Increasingly Risky World: Identifying Policy Goalsby Christian E. Weller and Jeffrey B. Wenger