Erin Cech, "The Trouble with Passion: How Searching for Fulfillment at Work Fosters Inequality" (U California Press, 2021)
New Books in Economics
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The Passion Principle
Tranatel is a new book about the passion principle and how it affects people's lives. In interviews with college students, i found there was little variation in attachment to the idea of passion seeking bicess to economic class. Students who graduated from wealthy families had what i called spring boards and safety nets available to them. And so they were able to launch this passion seeking into stable, decently paid employment that was alined with their passion. It took months, sometimes even years for graduates to be able to t to land in a position that was a line with their passions.
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