Automation, crisis and unemployment

A review of the book “Automation and the Future of Work”, by Aaron Benanav

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52780/res.v27i00.14585

Keywords:

labour productivity, automation, economic stagnation, crisis, unemployment

Abstract

The Western world faces the dismantling of the labor. Unemployment statistics are growing all over the world. A wide literature has developed crediting to the automation process of the economy this drastic social transformation. It is in this debate that the book Automation and the future of work, by Aaron Benanav, is inserted. The book seeks to question that answer. For Aaron Benanav, there are other causes for the dismantling of labor all over the world. By investigating the causes of this process, Benanav can also discuss the alternatives that are generally presented for this social problem, pointing out the limits of each of the answers. His book, very well documented, figures as an important contribution to the debate on the future of the world of work and its social effects.

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Author Biography

Thiago Canettieri, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte – MG – Brasil

Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Urbanismo da UFMG. Doutor em Geografia.

References

BENANAV, A. Automation and the future of work. Londres: Verso, 2020.

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Published

21/12/2022

How to Cite

CANETTIERI, T. Automation, crisis and unemployment: A review of the book “Automation and the Future of Work”, by Aaron Benanav. Estudos de Sociologia, Araraquara, v. 27, n. 00, p. e022033, 2022. DOI: 10.52780/res.v27i00.14585. Disponível em: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/estudos/article/view/14585. Acesso em: 16 may. 2024.

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(2022), v. 27, jan./dez. - Publicação Contínua

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Reviews

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