The Wealth of Humans: Work and Its Absence in the Twenty-first Century
Autor Ryan Aventen Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 mar 2017
'A pleasure to read. This is an important argument on a subject that will shape the coming decades' Duncan Weldon,Prospect
To work is human, yet the world of work is changing fast, and in unexpected ways. With rapid advances in information technology, huge swathes of the job market - from cleaners and drivers to journalists and doctors - are being automated: a staggering 47% of American employment is at risk of automation within the next two to three decades. At the same time, millions more jobs are being created. What does the future of work hold?
In this illuminating new investigation of what this means for us, Ryan Avent lays bare the contradictions in today's global labour market. From Volvo's operations in Sweden to the vast 'Factory Asia' hub in China, he offers the first clear explanation of the state we're in-and how we could get out of it.
Preț: 100.08 lei
Nou
Puncte Express: 150
Preț estimativ în valută:
19.16€ • 19.92$ • 16.05£
19.16€ • 19.92$ • 16.05£
Carte tipărită la comandă
Livrare economică 13-27 martie
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76
Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141981185
ISBN-10: 0141981180
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 133 x 199 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141981180
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 133 x 199 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Ryan
Aventis
Economics
Correspondent
forThe
Economistand
his
work
has
appeared
in
publications
includingTheNew
York
Times,
theWashington
Postand
theGuardian.
Previously,
he
worked
as
an
economic
consultant
and
as
an
industry
analyst
for
the
US
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics,
the
principal
fact
finding
agency
for
the
US
Government
in
the
broad
field
of
labour
economics
and
statistics.
This
is
his
first
book.
He
lives
in
London.
Recenzii
Avent
is
a
fluent
writer
who
takes
complex
ideas
and
works
them,
like
Plasticine,
into
vivid
models...
The
Wealth
of
Humansstands
favourable
comparison
withCapital
in
the
21st
Centuryby
Thomas
Piketty
Midway through Ryan Avent'sThe Wealth of Humans, I found myself marking "H" in the margin, to stand for heresy, so thick and fast do the counterintuitive insights arrive ... I found the virtuosity with which Mr Avent knocked down possible solutions disquieting
Timely ... the author is a confident guide ... deft at exploring the economic, political and social changes triggered by technological progress and the abundance of cheap labour
Ryan Avent is a superb writer ... highly readable and lively
Compelling and troubling... In popular commentary on the future, there is an unhelpful view that one day each of us will turn up at work and find a robot sitting in our chairs. Avent's alternative account, of a slow but persistent decline in the importance of work and a fractious search for a new political settlement, is immeasurably more plausible
In the world of economics, Ryan Avent is simply one of the sharpest and most intelligent writers around. Nobody is better placed to tell us how technology is shaping our economy and our lives
An important argument on a subject that will shape the coming decades
Midway through Ryan Avent'sThe Wealth of Humans, I found myself marking "H" in the margin, to stand for heresy, so thick and fast do the counterintuitive insights arrive ... I found the virtuosity with which Mr Avent knocked down possible solutions disquieting
Timely ... the author is a confident guide ... deft at exploring the economic, political and social changes triggered by technological progress and the abundance of cheap labour
Ryan Avent is a superb writer ... highly readable and lively
Compelling and troubling... In popular commentary on the future, there is an unhelpful view that one day each of us will turn up at work and find a robot sitting in our chairs. Avent's alternative account, of a slow but persistent decline in the importance of work and a fractious search for a new political settlement, is immeasurably more plausible
In the world of economics, Ryan Avent is simply one of the sharpest and most intelligent writers around. Nobody is better placed to tell us how technology is shaping our economy and our lives
An important argument on a subject that will shape the coming decades