Books Reviewed by CLAWS

Time Without Work
by Walli F. Leff & Marilyn G. Haft

"...essential reading."

Un-Jobbing: The Adult Liberation Handbook
by Michael Fogler

"...ideas, information, and inspiration to free yourself from a life of merely making a living."


A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir
by Iain Levison

"...unflinchingly honest...long on job gripes, short on calls to revolution...angry white male adolescent-rebellion biting sarcasm...questioning the politics of it all is hardly Levison's specialty."


The Poverty of Affluence:
A Psychological Portrait of the American Way of Life

by Paul L. Wachtel

"So long as we persist in defining well-being predominantly in economic terms, we will remain unsatisfied."


Longer Hours, Fewer Jobs:
Employment and Unemployment in the United States

by Michael D. Yates

"...shows us the fallacies in the commonly accepted use of the term “capitalism” by mainstream economists..."


Post-Work: The Wages of Cybernation
ed. by Stanley Aronowitz and Jonathan Cutler

"...a vision of what less work and better standards of living might look like in the real world."



Book Review Snippets

When Work Doesn't Work Anymore:
Women, Work and Identity

by Elizabeth Perle McKenna

"...may help you to get clear on what you really want."


Creating a Life Worth Living:
A Practical Course in Career Design For Artists,
Innovators, and Others Aspiring to a Creative Life

by Carol Lloyd

"Creative people have unique career challenges..."


The Teenage Liberation Handbook:
How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education

by Grace Llewellyn

"Schooling and education are two very different things."