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Sleepers, wake! : technology and the future of work

Monograph on economic implications and social implications of technological change, and the future of employment in postindustrial society - traces the history of industrial revolutions, advocates extension of sectoral labour force analysis to include the evolving quaternary information-based and quinary domestic servicing sector, covers labour market trends (esp. Australia), relations between inflation, demand and productivity, effects of education, computerization and automation, and includes government policy proposals. Bibliography pp. 271 to 279

Print Book, English, 1982
Wheatsheaf Books, Brighton, Sussex, 1982