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The Resource The war on normal people : the truth about America's disappearing jobs and why universal basic income is our future, (electronic resource)

The war on normal people : the truth about America's disappearing jobs and why universal basic income is our future, (electronic resource)

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From entrepreneur Andrew Yang, the founder of Venture for America, an eye-opening look at how new technologies are erasing millions of jobs before our eyes-and a rallying cry for the urgent steps America must take, including Universal Basic Income, to stabilize our economy. The shift toward automation is about to create a tsunami of unemployment. Not in the distant future'now. One recent estimate predicts 13 million American workers will lose their jobs within the next seven years-jobs that won't be replaced. In a future marked by restlessness and chronic unemployment, what will happen to American society' In The War on Normal People, Andrew Yang paints a dire portrait of the American economy. Rapidly advancing technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics and automation software are making millions of Americans' livelihoods irrelevant. The consequences of these trends are already being felt across our communities in the form of political unrest, drug use, and other social ills. The future looks dire-but is it unavoidable' In The War on Normal People, Yang imagines a different future'one in which having a job is distinct from the capacity to prosper and seek fulfillment. At this vision's core is Universal Basic Income, the concept of providing all citizens with a guaranteed income-and one that is rapidly gaining popularity among forward-thinking politicians and economists. Yang proposes that UBI is an essential step toward a new, more durable kind of economy, one he calls "human capitalism."
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eng
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First edition.
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1 online resource
Contents
  • Introduction: the great displacement
  • Part one: What's happening to jobs
  • My journey
  • How we got here
  • Who is normal in America
  • What we do for a living
  • Factory workers and truck drivers
  • White-collar jobs will disappear, too
  • On humanity and work
  • The usual objections
  • Part two: What's happening to us
  • Life in the bubble
  • Mindsets of scarcity and abundance
  • Geography is destiny
  • Men, women, and children
  • the permanent shadow class: what displacement looks like
  • Video games and the (male) meaning of life
  • The shape we're in/Disintegration
  • Part three: Solutions and human capitalism
  • The freedom dividend
  • Universal Basic Income in the real world
  • Time as the new money
  • Human capitalism
  • The strong state and the new citizenship
  • Health care in a world without jobs
  • Building people
  • Conclusion: Masters or servants
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9780316414258
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The war on normal people : the truth about America's disappearing jobs and why universal basic income is our future
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The war on normal people
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the truth about America's disappearing jobs and why universal basic income is our future
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Language
eng
Summary
From entrepreneur Andrew Yang, the founder of Venture for America, an eye-opening look at how new technologies are erasing millions of jobs before our eyes-and a rallying cry for the urgent steps America must take, including Universal Basic Income, to stabilize our economy. The shift toward automation is about to create a tsunami of unemployment. Not in the distant future'now. One recent estimate predicts 13 million American workers will lose their jobs within the next seven years-jobs that won't be replaced. In a future marked by restlessness and chronic unemployment, what will happen to American society' In The War on Normal People, Andrew Yang paints a dire portrait of the American economy. Rapidly advancing technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics and automation software are making millions of Americans' livelihoods irrelevant. The consequences of these trends are already being felt across our communities in the form of political unrest, drug use, and other social ills. The future looks dire-but is it unavoidable' In The War on Normal People, Yang imagines a different future'one in which having a job is distinct from the capacity to prosper and seek fulfillment. At this vision's core is Universal Basic Income, the concept of providing all citizens with a guaranteed income-and one that is rapidly gaining popularity among forward-thinking politicians and economists. Yang proposes that UBI is an essential step toward a new, more durable kind of economy, one he calls "human capitalism."
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1975-
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Yang, Andrew
Dewey number
331.2/36
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
HC79.I5
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Basic income
  • Entrepreneurship
  • New business enterprises
  • Poverty
  • Automation
  • Automation
  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations
  • United States
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The war on normal people : the truth about America's disappearing jobs and why universal basic income is our future, (electronic resource)
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Includes bibliographical references
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online resource
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Contents
Introduction: the great displacement -- Part one: What's happening to jobs -- My journey -- How we got here -- Who is normal in America -- What we do for a living -- Factory workers and truck drivers -- White-collar jobs will disappear, too -- On humanity and work -- The usual objections -- Part two: What's happening to us -- Life in the bubble -- Mindsets of scarcity and abundance -- Geography is destiny -- Men, women, and children -- the permanent shadow class: what displacement looks like -- Video games and the (male) meaning of life -- The shape we're in/Disintegration -- Part three: Solutions and human capitalism -- The freedom dividend -- Universal Basic Income in the real world -- Time as the new money -- Human capitalism -- The strong state and the new citizenship -- Health care in a world without jobs -- Building people -- Conclusion: Masters or servants
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unknown
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource
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9780316414258
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rdamedia
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422fd6b4-040e-41b2-9599-0782d6791010
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not applicable
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unknown sound
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remote
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(OCoLC)1029200003
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The war on normal people : the truth about America's disappearing jobs and why universal basic income is our future, (electronic resource)
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Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
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rdacarrier
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multicolored
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text
Content type code
  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: the great displacement -- Part one: What's happening to jobs -- My journey -- How we got here -- Who is normal in America -- What we do for a living -- Factory workers and truck drivers -- White-collar jobs will disappear, too -- On humanity and work -- The usual objections -- Part two: What's happening to us -- Life in the bubble -- Mindsets of scarcity and abundance -- Geography is destiny -- Men, women, and children -- the permanent shadow class: what displacement looks like -- Video games and the (male) meaning of life -- The shape we're in/Disintegration -- Part three: Solutions and human capitalism -- The freedom dividend -- Universal Basic Income in the real world -- Time as the new money -- Human capitalism -- The strong state and the new citizenship -- Health care in a world without jobs -- Building people -- Conclusion: Masters or servants
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unknown
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource
File format
unknown
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online
Isbn
9780316414258
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unknown
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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422fd6b4-040e-41b2-9599-0782d6791010
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(OCoLC)1029200003

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