Make Your Own Job charts the transformation of the American work ethic in the twentieth century. It is no longer enough to be reliable; now, workers must lead with creative vision. Erik Baker argues that the entrepreneurial ethic has been a Band-Aid for a society in which ever-mounting precarity discredits the old ethics of effort and persistence.Publisher: Harvard University PressAuthor(s): Erik BakerNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2025Dimensions: 242 x 166 x 29Cover type: Hardback