![]() ![]() ![]() The book certainly provides fodder for the media's grist, and has debatable content to argue about with friends. Not all the judges agreed with the book’s proposed solutions but nobody questioned the force of its argument. He proposes a guaranteed minimum basic income - or “citizen’s dividend” - as one radical remedy. Mr Ford, founder of a Silicon Valley software development company, suggests “a fundamental restructuring of our economic rules” may be needed to mitigate the impact of the advance of robotics and automation. The subtitle of its UK edition warns of “the threat of mass unemployment” and, in the US edition, foresees “a jobless future”. ![]() The book reflects growing anxiety in some quarters about the possible negative impact of automation on jobs, from manufacturing to professional services. Ford's book contains sufficient forecast situations to cover almost every occupation, industry group and country. Media has been paying a lot of attention to the issue of automation replacing jobs while not creating enough new jobs. ![]() One of our choices for your summer reading, Martin Ford's 'Rise of the Robots,' won the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year award at a ceremony held last week in New York.įord received a $45,500 check and gave a brief acceptance talk at the event. ![]()
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