The end of work : the decline of the global labor force and the dawn of the post-market era / Jeremy Rifkin.
1995
331.137042 R564e 1995
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Title
The end of work : the decline of the global labor force and the dawn of the post-market era / Jeremy Rifkin.
Author
ISBN
0874777798 (acid-free paper) :
9780874777796 (acid-free paper)
9780874777796 (acid-free paper)
Imprint
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1995.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 350 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
331.137042 R564e 1995
System Control No.
(OCoLC)30399559
(OCoLC)30399559
(OCoLC)30399559
Summary
Rifkin argues that we are entering a new phase in history characterized by the steady and inevitable decline of jobs, as sophisticated computers, robotics, telecommunications, and other cutting-edge technologies replace human beings in virtually every sector and industry -- from manufacturing, retail, and financial services, to transportation, agriculture, and government. He suggests that it is time to prepare ourselves and our institutions for a world that is phasing out mass employment in the production and marketing of goods and services. We will need to find alternatives to formal work and new ways of providing income and purchasing power in this post-market era.
Note
"A Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam book."
Rifkin argues that we are entering a new phase in history characterized by the steady and inevitable decline of jobs, as sophisticated computers, robotics, telecommunications, and other cutting-edge technologies replace human beings in virtually every sector and industry -- from manufacturing, retail, and financial services, to transportation, agriculture, and government. He suggests that it is time to prepare ourselves and our institutions for a world that is phasing out mass employment in the production and marketing of goods and services. We will need to find alternatives to formal work and new ways of providing income and purchasing power in this post-market era.
Rifkin argues that we are entering a new phase in history characterized by the steady and inevitable decline of jobs, as sophisticated computers, robotics, telecommunications, and other cutting-edge technologies replace human beings in virtually every sector and industry -- from manufacturing, retail, and financial services, to transportation, agriculture, and government. He suggests that it is time to prepare ourselves and our institutions for a world that is phasing out mass employment in the production and marketing of goods and services. We will need to find alternatives to formal work and new ways of providing income and purchasing power in this post-market era.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-336) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
The end of work
Trickle-down technology and market realities
Visions of techno-paradise
Crossing into the high-tech frontier
Technology and the African-American experience
The great automation debate
Post-fordism
No more farmers
Hanging up the blue collar
The last service worker
High-tech winners and losers
Requiem for the working class
The fate of nations
A more dangerous world
Re-engineering the work week
A new social contract
Empowering the third sector
Globalizing the social economy.
Trickle-down technology and market realities
Visions of techno-paradise
Crossing into the high-tech frontier
Technology and the African-American experience
The great automation debate
Post-fordism
No more farmers
Hanging up the blue collar
The last service worker
High-tech winners and losers
Requiem for the working class
The fate of nations
A more dangerous world
Re-engineering the work week
A new social contract
Empowering the third sector
Globalizing the social economy.
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