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Elizabeth Anderson, "Hijacked: How Neoliberalism Turned the Work Ethic against Workers and How Workers Can Take It Back" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

New Books in Critical Theory

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The Persistence of Attitudes and the Vision of the Progressive Work Ethic

This chapter examines the persistence of attitudes that justify inhumanity towards the poor and how they influenced welfare reform. It also explores the progressive version of the work ethic, emphasizing the values of meaningful work and a broader set of virtues. The chapter discusses Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, and the relationship between their ideas and the progressive vision of work.

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