November 2018 – Economics of Information Society

Future of work: Re-defining work (Part 3: Bad jobs, good jobs and what governments could do about it)

Future of work: Re-defining work (Part 3: Bad jobs, good jobs and what governments could do about it) Phuah Eng Chye (24 November 2018) An important step to defining work is to clarify the difference between bad jobs and good jobs. In this context, the label of bad job doesn’t refer to the job per … “Future of work: Re-defining work (Part 3: Bad jobs, good jobs and what governments could do about it)”

Future of work: Re-defining work (Part 2: Bullshit jobs and post-work)

Future of work: Re-defining work (Part 2: Bullshit jobs and post-work) Phuah Eng Chye (10 November 2018) Discussions on work is wide-ranging and, in this article, I have focused on two topics on the definition of work. The first relates to scepticism on the value of jobs. I have used David Graeber’s insightful article “On … “Future of work: Re-defining work (Part 2: Bullshit jobs and post-work)”

Phuah Eng Chye

I was formerly a securities regulator and equities analyst. I started writing these articles (and a book) because I felt that there were a lot of economic theories that didn’t seem to match up to the realities we are facing. This also means that a lot of policies (based on these theories) are wrong. So I’ve tried to make sense of how things worked based on the paradigm of an information society. Its a challenging topic and difficult to pin down. This means I have had to explore issues over a wide range of policy areas. Over the next few months, I will cover the service economy, the sharing economy, household and work structures before moving onto policy issues on the anorexic economy (role of corporates, basic income, housing affordability) and the financialisation process (capital, monetary policy, securities regulation).

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