ECONOMICS

Pay the People: Why Fair Pay Is Good for Business and Great for America

New Pr. Dec. 2024. 224p. ISBN 9781620978825. pap. $18.99. ECON
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This book is a prescient and compelling call-to-action from Driscoll (president of U.S. healthcare for the Walgreens Boots Alliance), a concerned group of hundreds of high-net-worth Americans called the Patriotic Millionaires, and Morris Pearl (chair, Patriotic Millionaires; coauthor, Tax the Rich!). The authors argue that paying all workers a livable wage should become a standard, common-sense practice for businesses. Rather than being a jeremiad or an ideologically influenced work, the book presents its argument with plenty of data-driven examples from the private, academic and governmental sectors, along with their own expertise and insight. The book makes an impassioned, across-the-divide argument and is a succinct and formidable behind-the-scenes look at what has been happening economically in the U.S. over the last few decades.
VERDICT This impressive, must-read title shines a light on and adds critical insight to an important and pressing issue. It is a rebuke, a manifesto, and an evidence-based argument all rolled into one. For business owners and workers alike.
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