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Author Ford, Martin (Martin R.)

Title Rise of the robots : technology and the threat of a jobless future / Martin Ford.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]
©2015

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  331.137 FORD    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  331.137 FORD    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  331.137 FOR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  331.137 F75    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  331.137 FORD    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  331.137 FOR    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-315) and index.
Summary Examines the effects of accelerating technology on the economic system.
Contents The automation wave -- Is this time different? -- Information technology : an unprecedented force for disruption -- White-collar jobs at risk -- Transforming higher education -- The health care challenge -- Consumers, limits to growth ... and crisis? -- Super-intelligence and the singularity -- Toward a new economic paradigm.
Summary "In Silicon Valley the phrase "disruptive technology" is tossed around on a casual basis. No one doubts that technology has the power to devastate entire industries and upend various sectors of the job market. But Rise of the Robots asks a bigger question: Can accelerating technology disrupt our entire economic system to the point where a fundamental restructuring is required? Companies like Facebook and YouTube may only need a handful of employees to achieve enormous valuations, but what will be the fate of those of us not lucky or smart enough to have gotten into the great shift from human labor to computation?"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Labor supply -- Effect of automation on.
Labor supply -- Effect of technological innovations on.
Employment forecasting.
Technological innovations -- Economic aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Automation.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Robotics.
ISBN 9780465059997 (hardback)
0465059996 (hardback)
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