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Average Is Over - by Tyler Cowen (Paperback)

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  • Renowned economist and author of Big Business Tyler Cowen brings a groundbreaking analysis of capitalism, the job market, and the growing gap between the one percent and minimum wage workers in this follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Great Stagnation.
  • About the Author: TYLER COWEN is a professor of economics at George Mason University.
  • 304 Pages
  • Business + Money Management, Economic Conditions

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Renowned economist and author of Big Business Tyler Cowen brings a groundbreaking analysis of capitalism, the job market, and the growing gap between the one percent and minimum wage workers in this follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Great Stagnation.

The United States continues to mint more millionaires and billionaires than any country ever. Yet, since the great recession, three quarters of the jobs created here pay only marginally more than minimum wage. Why is there growth only at the top and the bottom?

Economist and bestselling author Tyler Cowen explains that high earners are taking ever more advantage of machine intelligence and achieving ever-better results. Meanwhile, nearly every business sector relies less and less on manual labor, and that means a steady, secure life somewhere in the middle--average--is over.

In Average is Over, Cowen lays out how the new economy works and identifies what workers and entrepreneurs young and old must do to thrive in this radically new economic landscape.



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Praise for Average is Over

"A lively and worryingly prophetic read... some of the most talked-about issues in present-day America... observations that are genuinely enlightening, interesting, and underappreciated"--The Daily Beast

"A book that is gripping policy makers in Washington... An engaging and eclectic thinker."--The Sunday Times

"Cowen's book represents a fundamental challenge."--Wall Street Journal

"A buckle-your-seatbelts, swiftly moving tour of the new economic landscape."--Kirkus Reviews



About the Author



TYLER COWEN is a professor of economics at George Mason University. His blog, Marginal Revolution, is one of the world's most influential economics blogs. He also writes for the New York Times, Financial Times and The Economist and is the cofounder of Marginal Revolution University. The author of five previous books, Cowen lives in Fairfax, Virginia.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 5.2 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)
Weight: .5 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 304
Genre: Business + Money Management
Sub-Genre: Economic Conditions
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Tyler Cowen
Language: English
Street Date: August 26, 2014
TCIN: 94029298
UPC: 9780142181119
Item Number (DPCI): 247-22-8032
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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