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Sto caricando le informazioni... People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracydi Robert W. McChesney
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…[T]he authors believe we are well on our way to a perilous future, as technology eliminates jobs and the wherewithal to shape society resides in the hands of a relative few.… "People Get Ready" doesn’t shy from big questions, such as whether or not capitalism as now practiced in the United States is even compatible with democracy.… As McChesney and Nichols put it: “The only voice that matters in American politics, the voice that shouts down every other, is that of the wealthy few for whom creative destruction is a business practice rather than a threat.” The authors offer a strong analysis of automation and labor looking forward into the twenty-first century.… But it is tempting to read the book as the product of two distinct minds, one perceptive and thoughtful, the other incredibly foolish.… Instead of trying to determine what is necessary to bring an end to capitalism in America, they assume that this can be achieved through so-called democratic means.… Bernie-ists like McChesney and Nichols are, at the end of the day, exactly as naive as the Silicon Valley optimists who think that capitalism will fix democracy. Instead, they imagine democracy will fix capitalism, but the fundamental mistake is the same. An energetic if grim discussion of inequality and the coming era of underemployment, viewed through the lens of the forgotten American progressive narrative.… An authoritative account of the challenges facing progressives wishing to fuse better governance with economic justice. In a stirring call to arms, McChesney… and Nichols… argue that although the digital revolution has been world-shaking and ruthlessly efficient, it has fallen short of ushering in the utopia some have predicted, because the ability to determine the future has been concentrated among just a few powerful people.… This necessary if unsettling read is not an attack on tech, but on dangerous, unchecked capitalism.
The consequences of the technological revolution are about to hit hard: unemployment will spike as new technologies replace labor in the manufacturing, service, and professional sectors of an economy that is already struggling. The end of work as we know it will hit at the worst moment imaginable: as capitalism fosters permanent stagnation, when the labor market is in decrepit shape, with declining wages, expanding poverty, and scorching inequality. Only the dramatic democratization of our economy can address the existential challenges we now face. Yet, the US political process is so dominated by billionaires and corporate special interests, by corruption and monopoly, that it stymies not just democracy but progress. The great challenge of these times is to ensure that the tremendous benefits of technological progress are employed to serve the whole of humanity, rather than to enrich the wealthy few. Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols argue that the United States needs a new economy in which revolutionary technologies are applied to effectively address environmental and social problems and used to rejuvenate and extend democratic institutions. Based on intense reporting, rich historical analysis, and deep understanding of the technological and social changes that are unfolding, they propose a bold strategy for democratizing our digital destiny--before it's too late--and unleashing the real power of the Internet, and of humanity. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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