The Work of the Future av David H. Autor, David A. Mindell

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<b>Why the United States lags behind other industrialized countries in sharing the benefits of innovation with workers and how we can remedy the problem.</b><br><br>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? <i>The Work of the Future</i> 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.<br> <br>Building on findings from the multiyear MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future, the book argues