Automation and the Future of Work

Compelling reading. A rising star among the intelligentsia of the left * Dublin Review of Books *
Aaron Benanav demolishes the popular myths around automation -- Ben Tarnoff, editor of Logic magazine
A rare book that manages to soberly assess the contemporary landscape while keeping a clear eye on our utopian horizons. This is a must-read for anyone who believes capitalist decay is not the only future -- Nick Srnicek, author of Platform Capitalism
Thought-provoking ... packs quite a punch of macroeconomics and practical philosophy * International Policy Digest *
A powerful and persuasive explanation of why capitalism can't create jobs or generate incomes for a majority of humanity -- Mike Davis, author of Set the Night on Fire
The two parts of Benanav's book - analytic and utopian - correspond to the two halves of the Marxian project: to both interpret the world, and change it -- Lola Seaton * New Statesman *
An excellent, insightful account of the contours of our present labor crisis. Benanav articulately makes the case for a post-scarcity future -- Robert Skidelsky, biographer of John Maynard Keynes
A highly quantitative analysis of the nature of contemporary unemployment flowers into something quite different and unexpected: a qualitative argument for the invention of new collective capacities in a world where work is no longer central to social life -- Kristin Ross, author of Communal Luxury
Benanav dissects and disproves the idea that automation is eradicating work ... We don't need to wait for robots to do all the work; we can collectively decide what we need, then plan the economy to achieve it -- Paris Marx * Passage *
He can write movingly and do so on a global scale -- Patrick McGinty * Pittsburgh Post Gazette *
Meticulous...provides crucial insights into the causes of global stagnation and its effects on the kinds of work we do now. -- Clinton Williamson * The Baffler *