White Collar

Why read it

• You will see why a picture of society as owners against wage workers no longer fits
• You will recognize how a job can slowly take over the rest of a life
• You will understand why trading a business of your own for a salaried job changed what independence means

Who it is for

• An office worker who senses their career is not really their own
• A manager thinking about the pressures that sit on a team
• A graduate starting a corporate job and wondering where it leads

Contents

1. WHITE COLLAR
2. Introduction
3. ONE Old Middle Classes
4. TWO White Collar Worlds
5. THREE Styles of Life
6. FOUR
7. Afterword by Russell Jacoby

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