Chasing Automation : The Politics of Technology and Jobs from the Roaring Twenties to the Great Society /

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"Chasing Automation describes how in the period from 1921 to 1966, despite the inherent limitations of politics to anticipate the effects of technology on jobs, an eclectic and fragile coalition of reform-minded politicians successfully erected a legal framework that mitigated the worst effects...

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Main Author: Prout, Jerry (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Technological unemployment.
Labor supply > Effect of technological innovations on.
Marche du travail > Effets des innovations sur > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Chômage technologique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Marche du travail > Effets des innovations sur > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Chômage technologique > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Labor supply > Effect of technological innovations on > United States > History > 20th century.
Technological unemployment > United States > History > 20th century.
Labor supply > Effect of technological innovations on > Political aspects > United States.
Technological unemployment > Political aspects > United States.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Chasing Automation describes how in the period from 1921 to 1966, despite the inherent limitations of politics to anticipate the effects of technology on jobs, an eclectic and fragile coalition of reform-minded politicians successfully erected a legal framework that mitigated the worst effects of technological unemployment"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9781501764011

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