Monthly Archives: July 2016

“INDENTURED SERVANTS TO A RULING CLASS OF FINANCIAL NOBILITY”: HOW MONEY DESTROYED WORK

“INDENTURED SERVANTS TO A RULING CLASS OF FINANCIAL NOBILITY”: HOW MONEY DESTROYED WORK. (This essay is the tenth installment of the series HOW JOBS DESTROYED WORK) When it comes to the topic of how money can destroy work, we encounter … Continue reading

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HUMAN NATURE (?)

HUMAN NATURE (?) (This essay is the ninth part of the series ‘How Jobs Destroyed Work’) There is this commonly-held belief that there are people who ‘don’t want to work’. I find it hard to believe that any such person … Continue reading

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THE TECHNOLOGICAL PANOPTICON

THE TECHNOLOGICAL PANOPTICON (This essay is part eight of the series ‘How Jobs Destroyed Work’)  Some observers, among them Noam Chomsky and Jaques Fresco, have noted how corporations tend to have the same organizational structure as fascist dictatorships. In other … Continue reading

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MANAGEMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND DETERIORATION OF WORK

MANAGEMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND THE DETERIORATION OF WORK THIS ESSAY IS PART SEVEN OF THE SERIES “HOW JOBS DESTROYED WORK”. Work combined with technology can make for a wonderful union. Described by W. Brian Arthur as ‘a reprogramming of nature’, technology … Continue reading

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THE (INEVITABLE?) CORRUPTION OF FREE-MARKET CAPITALISM

THE (INEVITABLE?) CORRUPTION OF FREE-MARKET CAPITALISM (THIS ESSAY IS PART SIX OF THE SERIES ‘HOW JOBS DESTROYED WORK’) From one perspective, what happened during the global financial crisis could be seen as either the failure of free market capitalism, or … Continue reading

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