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A Vision of the End of Work and the Emergence of Precariat

In: The Future of Work in Information Society

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  • Andrzej Piotr Wierzbicki

    (National Institute of Telecommunication)

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This Chapter discusses the concept of the end of work and its increasing importance as a threat to capitalism because of the acceleration of replacement of labour by capital due to positive feedback. A review of opinions of authors writing about the future of work is given. Many specialists do not believe in the end of work, but the inventing of new professions and new workplaces is simply too slow today to counterbalance the megatrend of minimisation of costs of work due to the replacement of labour by capital. Future society cannot effectively function without market; but market society without work might be perceived today as a society of large and deep stratification, with the majority of people in social exclusion. Most excluded layer will be precariat, hence factors leading to the emergence and growth of precariat are discussed in detail. An additional factor is the megatrend of improving average education, hence it will be the educated precariat that will enforce future changes of capitalism. This will occur either in a revolutionary way, or in the way of rather essential modifications of the assumptions of capitalism if it could be achieved by democratic reforms.

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  • Andrzej Piotr Wierzbicki, 2016. "A Vision of the End of Work and the Emergence of Precariat," SpringerBriefs in Economics, in: The Future of Work in Information Society, chapter 0, pages 37-45, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:spbchp:978-3-319-33909-2_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33909-2_5
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    1. Daniyar T. Baitenizov & Igor N. Dubina & David F. J. Campbell & Elias G. Carayannis & Tolkyn A. Azatbek, 2019. "Freelance as a Creative Mode of Self-employment in a New Economy (a Literature Review)," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 10(1), pages 1-17, March.

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