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Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy (9781844678839): Ross Perlin: Books. “A portrait of how white-collar work is changing … thought-provoking and at times jaw-dropping—almost a companion volume to Naomi Klein’s celebrated 2000 exposé of modern sweatshops, No Logo.” (Andy Beckett - Guardian )“A compelling investigation of a trend that threatens to destroy ‘what’s left of the ordered world of training, hard work and fair compensation’ … Full of restrained force and wit, this is a valuable book on a subject that demands attention.” (Observer )“This vigorous and persuasive book ... argues that the fundamental issue is the growing contingency of the global workforce.” (Roger D. Hodge - Bookforum )“Perlin contends that most internships are illegal ... stripping people who are employees in all but name of workers’ rights.” (New Yorker )“Cloaked in the innocent idea of the intern, aggressive employers are using young people trying to get a foothold to weaken the leverage of existing workers, especially professionals. Ross Perlin gives us an account of another subterranean strategy to undermine working people.” (Frances Fox Piven )“A book that offers landmark coverage of its topic.” (Andrew Ross - London Review of Books )“‘Interns built the pyramids,’ the great magazine The Baffler once declared. And that was just the beginning of their labours, as Ross Perlin demonstrates in this fascinating and overdue exposé of the wage labour without wages, the CV-building servitude, at the heart of contemporary capitalism.” (Benjamin Kunkel, a founding editor of n+1 and author of the novel Indecision )
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