Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
The Fall of the House of Labor
David Montgomery · 1987
89/100
👍 Worth It
This is the real deal — a Pulitzer finalist that even Noam Chomsky and Barbara Ehrenreich praised, and it earns every bit of that reputation. Montgomery's deep, rigorously documented dive into 60 years of American labor conflict rewards patient readers with a genuinely important piece of history.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness92
Craft & writing85
Originality85
Evidence & accuracy90
Hype vs delivers65
Age-fit85
Human-eye read90
Penny’s verdict89
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