03459cam a2200481 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000290009502000260012402000260015004000280017604100080020404200080021205000230022008200100024310000290025324500900028225000170037226400560038930000460044533600260049133700280051733800270054550400510057250501270062352018010075065000180255165000210256965000210259065000310261165000530264265000560269565000100275165000130276165000110277465000130278565000190279865000180281777601420283521858114BJBSDDR20231201120500.0ta210105s2021    njua     b    001 0 eng    a  2020052907  a9780691214474 (hardback)  a0691214476 (hardback)  z9780691222769 (ebook)  aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLC  aeng  apcc14aHD 5706bE26p 202100a331.11 a Eeckhout, Jan eauthor.14aThe profit paradox :bhow thriving firms threaten the future of work /cJan Eeckhout.  a1st Edition. 1aPrinceton, NJ :bPrinceton University Press,c2021.  aviii, 327 pages :billustrations ;c24 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction
The origins of market power
The harmful consequences of market power
The future of work and finding solutions  a"A book on why most things are more expensive or lower quality, and why we're all still working long hours for the same or lower wages. Does it ever seem like most things you buy are more expensive or not as good as they once were, or both? Does it ever seem odd that, despite having access to much better communication and cheaper transportation, we're all working just as many hours and for the same wages as workers decades ago? Well, we now know you're not wrong to wonder about these things. In recent years, economists have been documenting how most of the gains from technology and globalization have been going to an increasingly concentrated number of huge businesses, at the expense of consumers and workers. Prices are higher and wages are lower. The reason is market power. One of the first to authoritatively document the rise of market power was Jan Eeckhout. In this book, he will explain for a general audience how large firms have faced increasingly little competition, allowing them to charge higher prices than they otherwise could. And how we, as consumers, pay more for many goods and services-"everything from a bottle of beer to a flight to Houston to our grandmother's prosthetic hip." As a result, business profits have soared since 1980, and just a few "mega firms" dominate the marketplace. Eeckhout shows how the rise in market power has had radically negative effects on work and the lives of workers-trends that, if not reversed, may cause historical corrections in the form of wars and market collapse. Drawing on a wealth of research and the stories of working people, The Profit Paradox will explain in clear language the rise of market power, how it could change the world further if left unaddressed, and how we can tackle the problem"--cProvided by publisher. 0aLabor market. 4aMercado laboral  0aManpower policy. 4aPolítica de mano de obra 0aBusiness enterprisesxTechnological innovations. 4aEmpresas comerciales xInnovaciones tecnológicas  0aWork. 4aTrabajo  0aWages. 4aSalarios 0aWorking class. 4aTrabajadores 08iOnline version:aEeckhout, Jan,tThe profit paradoxb1st.dPrinceton : Princeton University Press, 2021.z9780691222769w(DLC) 2020052908