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Automation and the future of work / Aaron Benanav.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: London ; New York : Verso, 2022Description: xiv, 146 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781839761324
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Automation and the future of work.LOC classification:
  • HD 6331 B456a 2022
Contents:
The automation discourse -- Labor's global deindustrialization -- In the shadow of stagnation -- A low demand for labor -- Silver bullets? -- Necessity and freedom.
Summary: "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"-- Publisher's website.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HD 6331 B456a 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000178474

"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"-- Publisher's website.

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