Benanav, Aaron

Automation and the future of work / Aaron Benanav. - xiv, 146 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

"An earlier version of this text appeared as 'Automation and the Future of Work,' New Left Review, nos. 119, Sept.-Oct. 2019 and 120, Nov.-Dec. 2019."-- Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-137) and index.

The automation discourse -- Labor's global deindustrialization -- In the shadow of stagnation -- A low demand for labor -- Silver bullets? -- Necessity and freedom.

"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"--

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Automation.
Automatización --Aspectos sociales
Automation--Social aspects.
Automatización --Aspectos económicos
Automation--Economic aspects.
Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
Innovaciones tecnológicas
Labor supply--Effect of automation on.
Oferta laboral
Employees--Effect of technological innovations on.
Empleados
Social change.
Cambio social

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