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The End of Work:  The Decline of the Global Labor Force and the Dawn of the Post-Market Era
The End of Work The Decline of the Global Labor Force and the Dawn of the PostMarket Era
Author: Jeremy Rifkin
The most significant domestic issue of the 2004 elections is unemployment. The United States has lost nearly three million jobs in the last ten years, and real employment hovers around 9.1 percent. Only one political analyst foresaw the dark side of the technological revolution and understood its implications for global employment: Jeremy Rifkin...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780874778243
ISBN-10: 0874778247
Publication Date: 4/16/1996
Pages: 361
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Publisher: Tarcher
Book Type: Paperback
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The first part can be pretty depressing, as Rifkin lists whole categories of work that are being replaced by machines -- even service jobs!
However, the latter section of the book shows strategies that might be used to spread out work so that more people can remain employed. I think we would have to fight the establishment to get these options adopted, tho.


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