PostLaborEconomics

Post-Labor Economics Research Library

103 research reports behind Post-Labor Economics and Labor Zero, grouped by theme. Each one opens in your browser, with a link to download the PDF.

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Themes: The Post-Labor Economics framework · The Pyramid of Power · Governance, technology and the social contract · The Pyramid of Prosperity: household income and ownership · AI, automation and robotics · Labor, jobs and wages · History and economic change · Society, culture and well-being

The Post-Labor Economics framework

What Post-Labor Economics is, where its edges lie, and why the transition looks unavoidable.

• Degrowth and Post-Labor Economics - A Blueprint for Sustainable Growth
• Elasticity of Substitution (σ) Between Capital and Labor - A Comprehensive Analysis
• Global Geopolitical Inflection and the Post-Labor Economic Prospect
• Macroeconomics and Boundary Conditions - The Edges of Post-Labor Economic Theory
• Non-Rivalry in AI - What Makes It a Different Kind of Automation
• Post-Labor Economics - Classical Economic and Moral-Philosophical Perspectives
• Post-Labor Economics is Inevitable – There is No ‘Fifth Paradigm’
• Post-Labor Economics Survey - Contemporary Voices, Convergence, and Divergence
• Solar PV and the Post-Labor Economy - Energy Abundance as a Foundation for Decentralized Prosperity
• Strange Attractors for a Solarpunk Future - Shifting Civilizational Path Dependency
• The Neoliberal Attractor Basin – Trajectories and Loops
• Total Factor Productivity in a Post-Labor Economy
• Useless Eaters – A First Principles View of Automation

The Pyramid of Power

The framework for a new social contract: two overviews, then each of its five layers. Each layer was researched twice, once with ChatGPT and once with Gemini.

• Pyramid of Power - A Hierarchy For A New Social Contract
• Pyramid of Power - A Modular Framework for a New Digital Social Contract
• Pyramid of Power L1 - The Immutable Civic Bedrock (ChatGPT)
• Pyramid of Power L1 - The Immutable Civic Bedrock (Gemini)
• Pyramid of Power L2 - Open Value Rails (Gemini)
• Pyramid of Power L2 - Open, Programmable Value Rails (ChatGPT)
• Pyramid of Power L3 - Radical Transparency of Money (Gemini)
• Pyramid of Power L3 - Radical Transparency of Money and Algorithms (ChatGPT)
• Pyramid of Power L4 - Direct, Programmable Democracy (ChatGPT)
• Pyramid of Power L4 - Direct, Programmable Democracy (Gemini)
• Pyramid of Power L5 - Forkable Constitutional Meta-Governance (ChatGPT)
• Pyramid of Power L5 - Forkable Constitutional Meta-Governance (Gemini)

Governance, technology and the social contract

Social contracts old and new, the technologies that could carry the next one, and how power is held to account.

• Arguments for and Against CBDC and Stablecoins
• Blockchain and the New Civic Contract in a Post-Labor Economy
• Blockchain and the State - Functions, Opportunities, and Constraints
• Decentralized and Productive - DAOs Building Real-World Value by 2025
• Evolution of Social Contracts - From Ancient Kingdoms to Modern Nation-States
• History of Tax Resistance and Economic Withdrawal as Political Tools
• History of Transparency and Accountability Between Citizens and Power
• How to Avoid Elite Capture in a Post-Labor World
• Levers of Power – Future Coercive Extraction of Concessions After Labor
• Toward a New Digital Social Contract - Global Survey of Key Technologies

The Pyramid of Prosperity: household income and ownership

How households could earn by owning: income models, dividends, endowments, wealth funds and shared ownership.

• Capital Endowment Programs - Direct Asset Grants to Individuals
• Distributed & Decentralized Dividend Mechanisms for a Post-Labor Economy
• Dividends for the Age of Automation - How Economies Are Preparing for a Post-Labor Future
• Dollar Matching Schemes for Wages and Investments in a Post-Labor Economy – Extant and Hypothetical Models
• Generational Wealth Patterns – Myths vs Reality
• Geographically-Constrained Income Systems in a Post-Labor Economy
• Global Survey of Urban Wealth Funds and Community Trusts
• Inclusive Capital - A Global Survey
• Inclusive Capital Income Ratio (ICIR) in a Post-Labor Economy - A Comprehensive U.S. Perspective
• Inclusive Capital Initiatives Around the World
• Market-Based Solutions for Economic Inclusion in a Post-Work Future
• Participatory Ownership Models in a Post-Labor Economy
• Pyramid of Prosperity - Modeling a 5 Tier Income for Post-Labor
• Pyramid of Prosperity - Post-Labor Income (Gemini)
• Resident-Owned Housing - A New Path to Affordable Communities in a Post-Labor Economy
• Shared Wealth - Participatory Ownership Models in the 21st Century
• Towards an Economic Agency Index - Income Composition in a Post-Neoliberal Era
• Universal Basic Income in a Post-Labor Economy - Necessary but Not Sufficient

AI, automation and robotics

General-purpose technologies, the pace of AI and robotics, and how quickly machines replace labor.

• A Comparative Analysis of AI as a General Purpose Technology - Steam, Electricity, Internet, and AI
• AI and Humanoid Robotics - An Era of Exponential Acceleration
• AI as a General-Purpose Technology
• Better, Faster, Cheaper, Safer - The March of Labor-Saving Technology
• Forecasting the Deployment and Cost Trajectory of Medium-Utility Humanoid Robots Through 2060
• From S-Curves to New Frontiers - The Pace of Tech Adoption
• General-Purpose Technologies - History, Impact, and Characteristics
• Government Adoption of Generative AI (Late 2022–2025)
• Rapid Advancements in AI Capabilities Across Sectors (2020–2025)
• State and Local Policies on Generative AI in the U.S.
• The Future Corporation in a Fully Automated Economy
• The Future of Advanced AI and Humanoid Robotics (2025–2050)
• The History and Impact of General-Purpose Technologies - From the Wheel to the Internet
• The Physical Limits of Machine Intelligence (Through 2050)
• The Unambiguous Trend of Technological Labor Substitution
• The “Labor Substitution Fallacy” - Technology, Employment, and the Future of Work
• Zero-Labor Enterprises - Automation and the “Optimal” Workforce of Zero

Labor, jobs and wages

The long decline in demand for human labor, and what still holds it up.

• Arguments Against the Job Automation Apocalypse
• Automation’s Impact on Developed Economies
• Baumol’s Cost Disease – Automation-Resistant Job Growth Sectors
• Credential Inflation Over the Centuries – The Rise and Forecast of Median Education for Entry-Level Jobs
• Evolving Role of Labor Unions in a Post-Labor Future
• From Labor Power to Digital Commons - Evolution of Collective Economic Leverage
• Long-Term Decline in U.S. Labor Demand (1950–Present)
• Measuring the Great Decoupling - How Institutions Are Tracking Collapsing Wages in the Age of Automation
• Technology, Automation, and the Erosion of Labor Demand in Developed Economies
• The Global Collapse of Labor Arbitrage in the Age of Synthetic Labor
• The Human Advantage in an Automated Age
• The Long-Term Impact of Automation on U.S. Employment - Historical Trends and Accelerating Displacement
• The Next Missing Millions – Big Tech’s Productivity Outpacing Headcount
• The Structural Decline of Labor’s Share in the Age of Automation
• Why the Attention Economy Cannot Absorb “Labor Refugees”

History and economic change

How past economic upheavals unfolded, and what they suggest about this one.

• Cultural Upheaval in the Age of Industry
• Economic Agency and Upheaval - A Historical Narrative
• From Extraction to Experience - Paradigm Shifts, General Purpose Technologies, and the Rise of the Meaning Economy
• Government Responses to Unemployment and Economic Crises - 1920s–Present
• Implementing Grand Economic Change - A 150-Year Narrative
• Industrial Transformation and National Missions - From the Great Depression to the AI Era
• Labor Power in Chinese History - From Imperial Abundance to Modern Transitions
• Labor’s Pendulum - Scarcity, Glut, and Power Through World History
• Mobilizing for Technological Revolutions - Lessons from History
• Social and Cultural Adaptations to Labor Shocks – Automation’s Long Historical Arc and the AI Wave
• Technology and Economic Paradigm Shifts - From Agrarian to Industrial to Service Economies
• The Political and Social Consequences of Labor’s Decline - A Historical and Contemporary Analysis

Society, culture and well-being

Meaning, health and culture in a world with less work.

• Cognitive Capture in the Post-Labor Age
• Global Burnout – Cultural Receptivity to New Economic Paradigms
• Neoliberal Policy and Total Fertility – A Multidimensional Analysis
• Post-Labor Lifestyles Across Cultures and History
• The First Principles of Human Well-Being
• The Great Disconnect - Economic Growth and the Despair Beneath the Numbers

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