{"product_id":"automation-and-the-future-of-aaron-benanav-9781839761324","title":"Automation and the Future of Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eA consensus-shattering account of automation technologies and their effect on workplaces and the labor market\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this consensus-shattering account of automation technologies, Aaron Benanav investigates the economic trends that will shape our working lives far into the future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Silicon Valley titans, politicians, techno-futurists, and social critics have united in arguing that we are on the cusp of an era of rapid technological automation, heralding the end of work as we know it. But does the muchdiscussed \"rise of the robots\" really explain the long-term decline in the demand for labor? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eAutomation and the Future of Work\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the deep weaknesses of twenty-first-century capitalism and the reasons why the engine of economic growth keeps stalling. Equally important, Benanav goes on to salvage 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 if technological innovation alone can't deliver it? In response to calls for a permanent universal basic income that would maintain a growing army of redundant workers, he offers a groundbreaking counterproposal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron Benanav\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1839761326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839761324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.72h x 5.04w x 0.55d","brand":"Aaron Benanav","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982312767743,"sku":"9781839761324","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5d592230-04da-44fb-8a2a-94489880d3ca.jpg?v=1683260432","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/automation-and-the-future-of-aaron-benanav-9781839761324","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}