#1155 Leisure, Desperation or a Reorientation (The Future of Work) (Repost)


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Nov 23 2018 56 mins   4
Air Date: 1/2/2018 Today we take a look at a few different visions of what the future holds for our labor market and some policies we should be putting in place to set the scene for the coming evolution of work Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Show Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: The future of work in a world of artificial intelligence - Ideas - Air Date 9-12-17 Ch. 3: Song 1: Take a Tiny Train - Ray Catcher Ch. 4: Act 2: Robots Causing Wealth Inequality? - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 04-28-17 Ch. 5: Song 2: Tripoli - Pecan Grove Ch. 6: Act 3: A 15 Hour Work Week Would Save the Planet - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 07-26-17 Ch. 7: Song 3: Gondola Blue - Towboat Ch. 8: Act 4: Demanding a future of full automation and a post-work world - Ideas - Air Date 9-26-17 Ch. 9: Song 4: Comma - Codebreaker Ch. 10: Act 5: Designing the future of jobs and economics - Freakonomics - Air Date 4-20-17 Ch. 11: Song 5: Lesser Gods of Metal - Ray Catcher Ch. 12: Act 6: Ai-jen Poo on the caretaker jobs of the future - The Ezra Klein Show - Air Date 11-13-17 Action Resources/Further Reading New Economy Coalition The Next System Project Democracy At Work Public Predictions for the Future of Workforce Automation (Pew Research Center, 2016) A World Without Work (The Atlantic, 2015) Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon & check out our Winter Fundraiser! Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at [email protected] Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!