NOMINATED FOR FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020- a brilliant analysis of the future of work in the age of AI
Daniel Susskind is a Research Professor in Economics at King's College London and a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University. He is the author of A World without Work and co-author of the bestselling The Future of the Professions. Previously, he worked in various roles in the British Government - in the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, in the Policy Unit in 10 Downing Street, and in the Cabinet Office.
Compelling ... Thought-provoking ... Should be required reading for
any presidential candidate thinking about the economy of the
future.
*New York Times*
An excellent and timely piece of analysis ... Susskind combines a
mastery of global research with insight into how government works.
A book of immense importance that demands to be taken very
seriously by No. 10, and by anyone who cares about the future of
our country and world.
*New Statesman*
A pathbreaking, thought-provoking, and in-depth study of how new
technology will transform the world of work.
*The Right Honourable Gordon Brown*
A fascinating book about a vitally important topic - and he writes
with such elegance that you don't even notice how much you're
learning. Elegant, original and compelling.
*Tim Harford, author of 'Fifty Things That Made The Modern Economy'
and 'The Undercover Economist'*
A superb and sophisticated contribution to the debate over work in
the age of artificial intelligence. Susskind approaches the debate
with a great command of the evidence and with excellent judgment.
He takes on all of the major debates: whether new jobs will replace
those that disappear, how the income distribution will be affected,
and how individuals are likely to allocate their time in the future
between work, leisure, study, and other activities. Never glib,
consistently wise and well-informed, this is the book to read to
understand how digital technologies and artificial intelligence in
particular are reshaping the economy and labor market, and how we
will live alongside increasingly smart machines.
*Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor of Economics at Columbia University,
Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network*
Daniel Susskind has written an important book on an equally
important topic: the future of work in an economy driven by the
advances in artificial intelligence. His conclusion is that
ultimately there will be less work, or at least less paid work.
This will shake the foundations of our economy and our society. Our
institutions will have to be transformed. It will be a daunting
challenge. We have to start thinking hard about it now.
*Chief Economics Commentator, 'The Financial Times'*
This is the book to read on the future of work in the age of
artificial intelligence. It is thoughtful and state-of-the-art on
the economics of the issue, but its real strength is the way it
goes beyond just the economics. A truly important contribution that
deserves widespread consideration.
*Lawrence Summers, former Chief Economist of the World Bank,
Treasury Secretary for the Clinton Administration and Director of
the National Economic Council for the Obama Administration*
Eloquent and humane, A World Without Work moves the debate beyond
the illusion that technology always creates more jobs than it
destroys and provocatively explores the role of work in human life
and what to do when that role evaporates.
*Stuart Russell, author of 'Human Compatible' and Professor of
Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley*
Fascinating and tightly argued
*Sunday Telegraph*
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