Automation and the Future of Work
Aaron Benanav
ISBN 10: 1839761296 ISBN 13: 9781839761294
Published by Verso, 2020
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Consensus-shattering account of automation technologies and labour-market malfunctions.
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 jobs crisis that awaits us on the other side of the coronavirus? 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 counter-proposal.
About the Author: Aaron Benanav is a Researcher at Humboldt University of Berlin. He previously taught at the University of Chicago and has written for the Guardian and New Left Review.
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Title: Automation and the Future of Work
Publisher: Verso
Publication Date: 2020
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good