A Rutgers professor suggests it’s time we dropped our emphasis on jobs and work — many jobs are highly undesirable, and with automation the number of jobs is going to fall substantially anyway. And what’s so great about work? Think of the creativity that would emerge if we didn’t have to do them.
Peter Klein and I go through his article and respond.
About the Guest
Peter Klein holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley. He is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Senior Research Fellow with the Center for Entrepreneurship & Free Enterprise at Baylor University. He is also Adjunct Professor of Strategy and Management at the Norwegian School of Economics and Carl Menger Research Fellow at the Mises Institute.
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“What If Jobs Are Not the Solution but the Problem?” by James Livingston
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