The End of Jobs

Taylor Pearson argues that technology and globalization have shifted the leverage points for gaining money, meaning and freedom, leaving those who do not adapt stuck in a shrinking middle class. He explains why a century of wage growth stalled in 2000 and why MBA and law graduates struggle to find jobs. He uses the Theory of Constraints and the Fourth Economy to cast entrepreneurship as the highest-leverage career for the young and ambitious, and the Turkey Problem to suggest accounting may be riskier than entrepreneurship. He also covers the Long Tail, the Stair Step Method, the return of apprenticeships, and research favoring integrated over balanced living. Inc Magazine named it one of its top three books on starting a business.

Marvin Liao, a partner at 500 Startups, listed it in a Book-Talk interview among the books that changed how he saw the world. WebdriverIO founder Kevin Lamping called it a sharp insight into the power each person holds and the direction the economy may take.