{"product_id":"engineered-insecurity-the-hidden-cost-of-conditional-protection-9798255770786","title":"Engineered Insecurity: The Hidden Cost of Conditional Protection","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): S. A. Kalpa\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Economic Conditions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe were promised security in exchange for hard work: work hard, stay productive, contribute, and you will be safe. But what happens when illness interrupts you? When your body breaks down? When you need time instead of output?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor millions living one paycheck away from collapse, protection disappears the moment productivity slows. Healthcare is tied to employment. Stability is tied to wages. Survival is tied to usefulness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEngineered Insecurity\u003c\/i\u003e, S. A. Kalpa reveals a system where safety is conditional-and where stepping off the treadmill, even briefly, can trigger financial freefall. This is not a personal failure. It is a structural design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cost extends beyond income. Anxiety becomes normal. Burnout becomes expected. Families absorb the strain. Communities begin to thin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen protection must be earned every day, insecurity is not an accident. It is engineered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891887882391,"sku":"9798255770786","price":893.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798255770786.webp?v=1781185068","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/engineered-insecurity-the-hidden-cost-of-conditional-protection-9798255770786","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}