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Book Review: Venture Labor in Contemporary Sociology
Thank you Michael Indergaard for the scholarly review of Venture Labor in Contemporary Sociology. What advice do you give to young folks about jobs? I could tell them I made some investments in my employability, but it is equally true that I mostly muddled through the uncertain career paths of our times. In Frank Knight’s classic […]
Book Review: Venture Labor in American Journal of Sociology
Thank you to Vicki Smith for the scholarly review of Venture Labor in the American Journal of Sociology. A great deal has been written about employment risk in the 21st century. Many agree that institutional bases of employment are shifting, jobs and careers have become more tenuous, and risks associated with employment increasingly have been […]
Book Review: Venture Labor in Forbes
Thank you Tom Watson and Forbes for reviewing Venture Labor. They called it “Silicon Alley,” a clumsy play on words meant to evoke an East Coast urban version of the California place where microchips made fortunes grow and digital devices work. It was a marketing play really, designed to lure public funding and convince established business to […]