Inequality, Uncertainty, and Opportunity: The Varied and Growing Role of Finance in Labor Relations

Introduction
by Christian E. Weller1. How 401(k) Plans Make Recessions Worse
by Teresa Ghilarducci and Joelle Saad-Lessler2. Financialization, Collective Bargaining, and the Public Interest
by Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Dan Brooks, Noel Cowell, Christos A. Ioannou, Martin Mulloy, Danny Roberts, Tanzia S. Saunders, and Søren Viemose3. Gaining Traction: Socially Responsible Investments, Targeted Markets, Sustainable Impacts
by Janet Boguslaw and Alexander B. Kaufman4. Beyond Shareholder Value? The Impact of Capital Market?Oriented Business Management on Labor Relations in Germany
by Klaus Dörre5. Organizing the U.S. Financial Sector: Industry Reform and Raising Labor Standards Through Transnational Alliances
by Hina Sheikh, Stephen Lerner, and Rita Berlofa6. Labor in the 21st Century: The Top 0.1% and the Disappearing Middle Class
by William Lazonick7. Investors as Managers: How Private Equity Firms Manage Labor and Employment Relations
by Rosemary Batt and Eileen Appelbaum8. Employee Stock Ownership and Profit Sharing in the New Era of Financialization and Inequality in the Distribution of Capital Income
by Joseph R. Blasi, Richard B. Freeman, and Douglas L. Kruse9. Household Wealth Inequality, Retirement Income Security, and Financial Market Swings 1983 Through 2010
by Edward N. Wolff10. Debt Lock-In: Household Debt Burden and Voluntary Quits
by Sara M. Bernardo11. Income Diversification as Insurance in an Increasingly Risky World: Identifying Policy Goals
by Christian E. Weller and Jeffrey B. Wenger