Automation and the Future of Work
Language: English
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: Apr 19, 2022
Words:
45998
Flesch:
53.41
DDC:
331
FAST Tags:
Social change,
Technological innovations--Economic aspects,
Automation,
Automation--Economic aspects,
Automation--Social aspects,
Employees--Effect of technological innovations on,
Labor supply--Effect of automation on,
Labor
LCC:
HD4855
Book Details
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Description:
Silicon Valley titans, politicians, techno-futurists and social critics have united in arguing that we are living on the cusp of an era of rapid technological automation, heralding the end of work as we know it. But does the much-discussed "rise of the robots" really explain the worsening jobs crisis? In Automation and the Future of Work, Aaron Benanav uncovers the structural economic trends that will shape our working lives far into the future. What social movements, he asks, are required to propel us into post-scarcity, if technological innovation alone can’t deliver it? In response to calls for a universal basic income that would maintain a growing army of redundant workers, he offers a counterproposal.