Why work has failed us: The broken promise of a “decent job”

Our new series looks at how jobs are failing to support their workers in terms of salary, healthcare, childcare, housing, and retirement. Full-time employment in this country rests, at least theoretically, on an unspoken but well-understood deal. You work for 40 or more hours a week to help a company make more money. In exchange, the company will pay you enough so that you can afford a roof over your head (perhaps even on land that you own), will help subsidize the cost of caring for your health...