Economists believe in full employment. Americans think that work builds character. But what if jobs aren’t working anymore?
What if jobs are not the solution but the problem? | Aeon Essays
Economists believe in full employment. Americans think that work builds character. But what if jobs aren’t working anymore?
Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not. (Published 2018)
U.S. unemployment is down and jobs are going unfilled. But for people without much education, the real question is: Do those jobs pay enough to live on?
The solution to (nearly) everything: working less | Rutger Bregman
Excessive work and pressure are status symbols. But overtime is deadly. If we worked less we’d make fewer errors, address inequality and have a better life
What will be scarce?
The economics of structural change and the post-commodity future of work
Political Aspects of Full Employment
Why do capitalists hate full employment? Because it weakens their power over workers.
Enough Debate about the AI Jobpocalypse. We Need To Plan for the Messy Middle.
Caught between arguments of abundance and apocalypse, economist Molly Kinder explores what workers can expect in the near future — and what we can do about it.
It's the 21st century – why are we working so much? | Owen Hatherley
Owen Hatherley: The right calls for hard work, the left for more jobs. The dream of mechanisation leading to shorter working hours seems forgotten
Pay Enough or Don't Pay at All*
Abstract. Economists usually assume that monetary incentives improve performance, and psychologists claim that the opposite may happen. We present and disc
No Jobs for Horses
In the face of automation, the free market failed completely to provide horses jobs that paid a living wage. Why this happened is critical…
The Future of Not Working (Published 2017)
As automation reduces the need for human labor, some Silicon Valley executives think a universal income will be the answer — and the beta test is happening in Kenya.
Power: A Primer for Perplexed Economists
Let's Assume an Unfettered Marketplace of Ideas! Or Actually, Let's Not.
Distinguishing Labor from Work - Aaron Ross Powell
We should get rid of the former, if we can, but we should absolutely keep the latter.
Distinguishing Labor from Work · Aaron Ross Powell
We should get rid of the former, if we can, but we should absolutely keep the latter.
Les nations peuvent-elles continuer de prospérer sans travailler dur ?
Traduction française du billet "To work or not to work. Can nations not work hard and continue to prosper?" de Branko Milanovic
The Fallacy of Endless Economic Growth
What economists around the world get wrong about the future.
Will AI Destroy the Economy? (According to Economists: No.) | AI Reality Check | Cal Newport