TY - BOOK AU - Benanav,Aaron TI - Automation and The Future of Work SN - 9781839761324 AV - HD6331 .B456 2022 PY - 2022/// CY - London, New York PB - Verso KW - Automation KW - Social aspects KW - Economic aspects KW - Technological innovations KW - Labor supply KW - Effect of automation on KW - Employees KW - Effect of technological innovations on KW - Social change KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History KW - bisacsh KW - fast N1 - "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 N2 - "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"-- ER -