SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020 The
Sunday Times Best Business Books of the Year 2020 The Times of London Best
Business Books of the Year 2020 The Financial Times Best Books of the Year
2020 Fortune Magazine Best Business Book of the Year 2020 FiveBooks.com
Best Non-Fiction of 2020 Inc.com Best New Business Books of 2020 'A path-
breaking, thought-provoking and in-depth study of how new technology will
transform the world of work' Gordon Brown 'Compelling... Should be required
reading for any presidential candidate' New York Times New technologies
have always provoked panic about workers being replaced by machines. In the
past, such fears have been misplaced, and many economists maintain that
they remain so today. Yet in A World Without Work, Daniel Susskind shows
why this time really is different. Advances in artificial intelligence mean
that all kinds of tasks - from diagnosing illnesses to drafting contracts -
are increasingly within the reach of computers. The threat of technological
unemployment is real. So how can we all thrive in a world with less work?
Susskind reminds us that technological progress could bring about
unprecedented prosperity, solving one of mankind's oldest problems: how to
ensure everyone has enough to live on. The challenge will be to distribute
this prosperity fairly, constrain the power of Big Tech, and provide
meaning in a world where work is no longer the centre of our lives. In this
visionary, pragmatic and ultimately hopeful book, Susskind shows us the
way. 'Fascinating and tightly argued' Sunday Telegraph 'This is the book to
read on the future of work in the age of artificial intelligence. It is
thoughtful and state-of-the-art on the economics of the issue, but its real
strength is the way it goes beyond just the economics' Lawrence Summers,
former Chief Economist of the World Bank 'A fascinating book about a
vitally important topic. Elegant, original and compelling' Tim Harford,
author of The Undercover Economist