Why do we continue to value employment and economic success above all other things in life, when both are becoming increasingly hard to achieve for an ever–growing part of our population? Why are governments constantly fudging their figures to play down the unemployment statistics, when laying off workers is an accepted mode of management? More and more people are finding themselves caught in a trap of depression and despair, trying desperately to carve out a niche for themselves in a world where they feel marginalized and unwanted. Economic Horror is an impassioned book addressed to the dominant political and economic elites in our society. Those in power, Forrester tells us, continue to present employment as the norm – and by doing so make the unemployed feel worthless. Everything of value in contemporary western society – our income, our status, our contacts, our self–esteem, our power and our peace of mind – is inextricably bound up with work. The panaceas of...

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