Daniel Susskind

A World Without Work (eBook, ePUB)

Technology, Automation and How We Should Respond

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

NOMINATED FOR THE FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020

'A path-breaking, thought-provoking and in-depth study of how new technology will transform the world of work' Gordon Brown

'Compelling... Should be required reading for any presidential candidate' New York Times

New technologies have always provoked panic about workers being replaced by machines. In the past, such fears have been misplaced, and many economists maintain that they remain so today. Yet in A World Without Work, Daniel Susskind shows why this time really is different. Advances in artificial intelligence mean that all kinds of tasks - from diagnosing illnesses to drafting contracts - are increasingly within the reach of computers. The threat of technological unemployment is real.

So how can we all thrive in a world with less work? Susskind reminds us that technological progress could bring about unprecedented prosperity, solving one of mankind's oldest problems: how to ensure everyone has enough to live on. The challenge will be to distribute this prosperity fairly, constrain the power of Big Tech, and provide meaning in a world where work is no longer the centre of our lives. In this visionary, pragmatic and ultimately hopeful book, Susskind shows us the way.

'Fascinating and tightly argued' Sunday Telegraph

'This is the book to read on the future of work in the age of artificial intelligence. It is thoughtful and state-of-the-art on the economics of the issue, but its real strength is the way it goes beyond just the economics' Lawrence Summers, former Chief Economist of the World Bank

'A fascinating book about a vitally important topic. Elegant, original and compelling' Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780241321102
• Artikelnr.: 57081282

Autorenporträt

Daniel Susskind is the coauthor of The Future of the Professions, named as one of the best books of the year by the Financial Times, New Scientist, and the Times Literary Supplement. He is a fellow in economics at Balliol College, Oxford. Previously, he was a policy adviser for the prime minister¿s strategy unit and a senior adviser in the cabinet office of the British government.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: The Context
1. A History of Misplaced Anxiety
2. The Age of Labor
3. The Pragmatist Revolution
4. Underestimating Machines
Part II: The Threat
5. Task Encroachment
6. Frictional Technological Unemployment
7. Structural Technological Unemployment
8. Technology and Inequality
Part III: The Response
9. Education and Its Limits
10. The Big State
11. Big Tech
12. Meaning and Purpose
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

Rezensionen

Compelling ... Thought-provoking ... Should be required reading for any presidential candidate thinking about the economy of the future. New York Times