161pages
Derived and Essential Demand
Human work, income distribution, and the Fourth Sector: what human work remains when machines can supply the functional result, and whether its earnings can support broad livelihoods.
Research papers
Three in-depth papers that extend the research behind Labor Zero: what human work remains as machines take over, the household-income programs tried around the world, and the metrics that track the shift.
161pages
Human work, income distribution, and the Fourth Sector: what human work remains when machines can supply the functional result, and whether its earnings can support broad livelihoods.
63pages
A catalogue of 213 programs implemented or tested worldwide, from citizen dividends and asset accounts to worker ownership, guaranteed income, conditional and emergency cash, and public jobs.
764pages
A consolidated glossary of labor, capital, household and automation evidence, in 140 standalone metric chapters.
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