{"product_id":"private-government-how-employers-rule-our-lives-and-why-we-dont-talk-about-it-the-university-center-for-human-values-series","title":"Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) (The University Center for Human Values Series)","description":"Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments―and why we can't see it\n\nOne in four American workers says their workplace is a \"dictatorship.\" Yet that number probably would be even higher if we recognized most employers for what they are―private governments with sweeping authoritarian power over our lives, on duty and off. We normally think of government as something only the state does, yet many of us are governed far more―and far more obtrusively―by the private government of the workplace. In this provocative and compelling book, Elizabeth Anderson argues that the failure to see this stems from long-standing confusions. These confusions explain why, despite all evidence to the contrary, we still talk as if free markets make workers free―and why so many employers advocate less government even while they act as dictators in their businesses.\n\nIn many workplaces, employers minutely regulate workers' speech, clothing, and manners, leaving them with little privacy and few other rights. And employers often extend their authority to workers' off-duty lives. Workers can be fired for their political speech, recreational activities, diet, and almost anything else employers care to govern. Yet we continue to talk as if early advocates of market society―from John Locke and Adam Smith to Thomas Paine and Abraham Lincoln―were right when they argued that it would free workers from oppressive authorities. That dream was shattered by the Industrial Revolution, but the myth endures.\n\nPrivate Government offers a better way to talk about the workplace, opening up space for discovering how workers can enjoy real freedom.\n\nBased on the prestigious Tanner Lectures delivered at Princeton University's Center for Human Values, Private Government is edited and introduced by Stephen Macedo and includes commentary by cultural critic David Bromwich, economist Tyler Cowen, historian Ann Hughes, and philosopher Niko Kolodny.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0691176515\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0691176515.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Anderson, Elizabeth\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43332115791933,"sku":"BVV.0691176515.G","price":15.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0691176515-0.jpg?v=1783574047","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/private-government-how-employers-rule-our-lives-and-why-we-dont-talk-about-it-the-university-center-for-human-values-series","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}