A Living

From a leading public health expert and physician, and in the style of Studs Terkel''s What makes his patients unique is that they, by and large, do demanding manual labor. Very few have the luxury of working remotely, or seated.;; Inspired by Studs Terkel’s classic WORKING-- which was published 50 years ago this year-- Stein produces an eye-opening look at what it’s like to have to work long hours at physical jobs for a paycheck in America. Ultimately, <A Living <is an extraordinarily powerful and poetic tableaux of working-class America at this moment when manual labor may be the final refuge in the new era of AI.

Auteur
MICHAEL STEIN, MD, is a physician and health policy researcher. He currently serves as the Chair and Professor of Health Law, Policy & Management at the Boston University School of Public Health. Prior to his appointment at Boston University, he served as Professor of Medicine and Director of the Behavioral Medicine and Addiction Research at Brown University. He has published 13 books and over 400 scientific journal articles, as well as essays and columns in The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, and elsewhere.