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Work of the Future Building Better Jobs in an Age of Intelligent Machines

The Work of the Future: Building Better Jobs in an Age of Intelligent Machines

By David H Autor, David A Mindell, and Elisabeth Reynolds

"A trade book based on the final report of MIT's Work of the Future Task Force"--

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Publisher: MIT Press
Publish Date: 01/25/2022
Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780262046367
ISBN-10: 0262046369
Language: Eng

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February 09, 2022

Innovation, Economic Security, and The Future of Work

By David H. Autor, David A. Mindell, Elisabeth Reynolds

The remarkable history of American innovation was powered not by fear or fatalism, but by a profound sense of possibility. Those possibilities remain. READ FULL DESCRIPTION

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Why the United States lags behind other industrialized countries in sharing the benefits of innovation with workers and how we can remedy the problem. The United States has too many low-quality, low-wage jobs. Every country has its share, but those in the United States are especially poorly paid and often without benefits. Meanwhile, overall productivity increases steadily and new technology has transformed large parts of the economy, enhancing the skills and paychecks of higher paid knowledge workers. What's wrong with this picture? Why have so many workers benefited so little from decades of growth? The Work of the Future shows that technology is neither the problem nor the solution. We can build better jobs if we create institutions that leverage technological innovation and also support workers though long cycles of technological transformation. Building on findings from the multiyear MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future, the book argues that we must foster institutional innovations that complement technological change. Skills programs that emphasize work-based and hybrid learning (in person and online), for example, empower workers to become and remain productive in a continuously evolving workplace. Industries fueled by new technology that augments workers can supply good jobs, and federal investment in R&D can help make these industries worker-friendly. We must act to ensure that the labor market of the future offers benefits, opportunity, and a measure of economic security to all.

About the Author

David Autor is Ford Professor in the MIT Department of Economics. David A. Mindell is Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing at MIT and founder and CEO of Humatics Corporation. Autor and Mindell were Cochairs of the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future.

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