The future of work
New Economics Podcast
The Myth of Old Bad Work
There is a main stream narrative that work used to be something that was considered harmful and dangerous, but now is seen as something broadly good. And the government certainly seems to think this when they say things like, it's the best root out of poverty. So what's wrong with that story, from your perspective, is listin very sneak that move from the government? The empirical data doesn't necessariy o either. I am, we know the number of people who are in work, who are on receipt of universal credit, is really high. But i still think the sense in which work could be harmful, for work under current conditions could be harmful as is down played in this kind
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