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- catalog abstract "Rifkin argues that we are entering a new phase in history characterized by the steady and inevitable decline of jobs, as sophisticated computers, robotics, telecommunications, and other cutting-edge technologies replace human beings in virtually every sector and industry -- from manufacturing, retail, and financial services, to transportation, agriculture, and government. He suggests that it is time to prepare ourselves and our institutions for a world that is phasing out mass employment in the production and marketing of goods and services. We will need to find alternatives to formal work and new ways of providing income and purchasing power in this post-market era.".
- catalog contributor b7096877.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-336) and index.".
- catalog description "Rifkin argues that we are entering a new phase in history characterized by the steady and inevitable decline of jobs, as sophisticated computers, robotics, telecommunications, and other cutting-edge technologies replace human beings in virtually every sector and industry -- from manufacturing, retail, and financial services, to transportation, agriculture, and government. He suggests that it is time to prepare ourselves and our institutions for a world that is phasing out mass employment in the production and marketing of goods and services. We will need to find alternatives to formal work and new ways of providing income and purchasing power in this post-market era.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 350 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0874777798 (cloth : acid-free paper) :".
- catalog identifier "0874778247 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : G.P. Putnam,".
- catalog subject "331.13/7042 20".
- catalog subject "HD6331 .R533 1995".
- catalog subject "Technological unemployment.".
- catalog title "The end of work : the decline of the global labor force and the dawn of the post-market era / Jeremy Rifkin ; [foreword by Robert L. Heilbroner].".
- catalog type "text".