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Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself » (Reprint)

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Authors: Daniel H. Pink
ISBN-13: 9780446678797, ISBN-10: 0446678791
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: May 2002
Edition: Reprint

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Author Biography: Daniel H. Pink

Daniel H. Pink is a former White House speechwriter and the author of the bestseller Free Agent Nation, A contributing editor at Wired magazine, he has written on work, business, and politics for The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Slate, Salon, Fast Company, and other publications. He has also lectured to corporations, universities, and associations around the world on economic transformation and business strategy, and has analyzed commercial and social trends for dozens of television and radio programs.

Book Synopsis

Hip and hopeful, meticulously researched and joyously iconoclastic, Free Agent Nation will change your thinking--and maybe even change your life.

Alan M. Webber

A brilliant book. Pink defines...with the keen eye of a trained sociologist, the literary skill of a masterful prose stylist, and the irreverent wit of a stand-up comic...a must-read — an instant contemporary classic.

Table of Contents

Prologue1
Part 1Welcome to Free Agent Nation
Chapter 1.Bye, Bye, Organization Guy9
Chapter 2.How Many Are There? The Numbers and Nuances of Free Agency27
Chapter 3.How Did It Happen? The Four Ingredients of Free Agency47
Part 2The Free Agent Way
Chapter 4.The New Work Ethic59
Chapter 5.The New Employment Contract85
Chapter 6.The New Time Clock103
Part 3How (and Why) Free Agency Works
Chapter 7.Small Groups, Big Impact: Reinventing Togetherness in Free Agent Nation123
Chapter 8.Getting Horizontal: The Free Agent Org Chart and Operating System143
Chapter 9.The Free Agent Infrastructure161
Chapter 10.Matchmakers, Agents, and Coaches171
Chapter 11.Free Agent Families183
Part 4Free Agent Woes
Chapter 12.Roadblocks on Free Agent Avenue: Health Insurance, Taxes, and Zoning199
Chapter 13.Temp Slaves, Permatemps, and the Rise of Self-Organized Labor213
Part 5The Free Agent Future
Chapter 14.E-tirement: Free Agency and the New Old Age233
Chapter 15.School's Out: Free Agency and the Future of Education243
Chapter 16.Location, Location ... Vocation: Free Agency and the Future of Offices, Homes, and Real Estate261
Chapter 17.Putting the "I" in IPO: The Path Toward Free Agent Finance271
Chapter 18.A Chip Off the Old Voting Bloc: The New Politics of Free Agency287
Chapter 19.What's Left: Free Agency and the Future of Commerce, Careers, and Community301
Epilogue313
The Official Free Agent Nation Resource Guide315
Notes347
AppendixResults of the Free Agent Nation Online Census369
Acknowledgments375
Index377

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