{"product_id":"the-work-of-the-futureisbn-9780262046367","title":"The Work of the Future","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhy the United States lags behind other industrialized countries in sharing the benefits of innovation with workers and how we can remedy the problem.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe United States has too many low-quality, low-wage jobs. Every country has its share, but those in the United States are especially poorly paid and often without benefits. Meanwhile, overall productivity increases steadily and new technology has transformed large parts of the economy, enhancing the skills and paychecks of higher paid knowledge workers. What’s wrong with this picture? Why have so many workers benefited so little from decades of growth? \u003ci\u003eThe Work of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e shows that technology is neither the problem nor the solution. We can build better jobs if we create institutions that leverage technological innovation and also support workers though long cycles of technological transformation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBuilding on findings from the multiyear MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future, the book argues that we must foster institutional innovations that complement technological change. Skills programs that emphasize work-based and hybrid learning (in person and online), for example, empower workers to become and remain productive in a continuously evolving workplace. Industries fueled by new technology that augments workers can supply good jobs, and federal investment in R\u0026amp;D can help make these industries worker-friendly. We must act to ensure that the labor market of the future offers benefits, opportunity, and a measure of economic security to all.Foreword by Robert M. Solow VII\u003cbr\u003ePart I\u003cbr\u003e1 Introduction 3\u003cbr\u003e2 Labor Markets and Growth 11\u003cbr\u003e3 Technologies and Innovation 39\u003cbr\u003ePart II\u003cbr\u003e4 Education and Training: Pathways to Better Jobs 79\u003cbr\u003e5 Job Quality 101\u003cbr\u003e6 Institutions for Innovation 121\u003cbr\u003e7 Conclusions and Policy Directions 135\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 143\u003cbr\u003eNotes 145\u003cbr\u003eMIT Task Force on the Work of the Future\u003cbr\u003eResearch Briefs 163\u003cbr\u003eMIT Task Force on the Work of the Future 165\u003cbr\u003eIndex 169\"A timely book.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The authors push back on the notion that technological advances will lead to the elimination of countless jobs in the future.Technological change, they emphasize, takes time to unfold and creates new job opportunities even while destroying old ones.In fact, public policy has been more important than technology in shaping labor-market outcomes, specifically for less skilled workers without college degrees. Although all advanced economies have experienced technological change, the United States has seen a sharper divergence between productivity and wages, a more dramatic decline in labor’s share of national income, and a more pronounced rise in poorly compensated jobs, all as a result of policy, not technology.These economic trends and their social and political consequences, the authors argue, can be reversed by an increase in the federal minimum wage, which would spur employers to take steps to boost the productivity of low-paid workers; by legal changes that enhance the ability of workers to organize and represent themselves collectively.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Building on their joint work for the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future, Autor, Mindell, and Reynolds present an excellent, easy-to-read summary of the ways in which advanced technologies have affected labor markets both before and during the pandemic. The text is organized into two parts to align with the driving idea that both institutional innovations and complementary technical advances are needed. The first part provides a broad overview of labor markets, the development of technologies over time, and the ways those technologies impact labor markets. Part 2 examines what is needed to reform US institutional policies with respect to technology and labor so as to bring the country out of its current state—too many low-wage jobs—and \"towards [a] shared prosperity\" in which workers can also benefit from economic growth. Most of the book represents continuation of the existing discussion from previous task force publications and thus covers familiar ground for those acquainted with the project. Nevertheless, the volume will still be a useful addition to most library shelves.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"The book provides a valuable catalog of specific policy initiatives that could make a difference.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCharter News\u003c\/b\u003e“For too long, American workers have been left behind. Business leaders have a responsibility to their workers to understand the challenges and opportunities associated with building better jobs. This book, based on leading research and real-world insights, provides actionable recommendations to make technology work for, and not against, most workers.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eIndra Nooyi, former Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Emerging technologies like AI hold amazing potential for transforming our society and economy, but as this book illustrates, they must be coupled with innovations in labor market practices to succeed. The expert authors of \u003ci\u003eThe Work of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e provide tomorrow’s leaders with crucial insights to develop a creative vision for the future—and ensure technology drives opportunity in the years to come.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eEric Schmidt, Cofounder, Schmidt Futures; former CEO and Chairman, Google\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Work is changing in every industry and for every worker in some way. This book provides a road map for how we can shape the future so that it is innovative, equitable, and prosperous. Leaders from every realm—business, government, education, and social organizations—have much to learn from this book!”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eGinni M. Rometty, former Chairman, President, and CEO, IBM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Work of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e challenges us to think deeply and critically about the crisis facing hard-working Americans and shows how a more secure and stable future is a matter of choice, not fate. An accessible but well-researched antidote to much of today’s economic orthodoxy.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDavid M. Rolf, Founder and President Emeritus, SEIU 775; author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fight for Fifteen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Roadmap to Rebuilding Worker Power\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Having spent my higher-education career working hand-in-hand with industry partners to ensure our curriculum and technology meet the evolving needs of employers, I see the strategies outlined in this book as critical to our national effort to develop a skilled future workforce and provide good jobs for new and incumbent workers.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAnnette Parker, President, South Central College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e .David Autor is Ford Professor in the MIT Department of Economics. David A. Mindell is Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing at MIT and founder and CEO of Humatics Corporation. Autor and Mindell were Cochairs of the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future. Elisabeth Reynolds is Special Assistant to the President for Manufacturing and Economic Development at the National Economic Council and\u003cbr\u003eand was Executive Director of the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future.\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304642302181,"sku":"NP9780262046367","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262046367_a5c50336-902c-4e4e-a186-a86eb401c54b.jpg?v=1730758006","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-work-of-the-futureisbn-9780262046367","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}