Automation and the Future of Work

by Benanav, Aaron
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ISBN: 9781839761294
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A polemic account of automation technologies and their effect on workplaces and the labor market

Silicon Valley titans, politicians, techno-futurists and social critics have united in arguing that we are living through an era of rapid technological automation, heralding the end of work as such. But does the much-discussed 'rise of the robots' really explain the looming jobs crisis?

In Automation and the Future of Work, Aaron Benanav uncovers the deeper-lying stresses on 21st century capitalism, before salvaging from automation discourse its utopian content: the positive vision of a world without work. What social movements, he asks, are required to propel us into post-scarcity? In response to calls for a universal basic income which would maintain a growing army of redundant workers, he offers a counter-proposal.

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Benanav, Aaron
  • ISBN: 9781839761294
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.30 x 0.80
  • Number Of Pages: 160
  • Publication Year: 2020

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