AVERAGE IS OVER Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation

Andrew Garman narrates much of this economic analysis in an alarmist tone that will make people pay attention, even worry. But he knows how to lighten up when the author has something positive or hopeful to say, and his performance overall is easy to hear and fitting for this prescient book. The author, an economist, argues that the ubiquity of computers in almost every phase of life creates a labor climate that will reward only those entrepreneurs and others who learn how to interact with them. High earners will not necessarily need to be independently smart—they just need to know how to harness the astounding number of tasks and problems that computers now handle. Everyone else, he says, will be stuck in low-wage labor or service jobs. T.W. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2014]