December 2018 – Economics of Information Society

Future of work: Re-defining work (Part 5: The economic paradigm of participation)

Future of work: Re-defining work (Part 5: The economic paradigm of participation) Phuah Eng Chye (22 December 2018) “In a rapidly changing world, the state is hardly able to draw up a master plan for the future. Rather, it can and must use the democratic channels of participation to launch and take charge of a … “Future of work: Re-defining work (Part 5: The economic paradigm of participation)”

Future of work: Re-defining work (Part 4: Creating jobs from information and its ecosystem)

Future of work: Re-defining work (Part 4: Creating jobs from information and its ecosystem) Phuah Eng Chye (8 December 2018) Economies have made a transition from manufacturing to services and to sharing[1]. But work continues to be rigidly analysed within the traditional paradigm of production despite the dominance of information. David Graeber points out “the … “Future of work: Re-defining work (Part 4: Creating jobs from information and its ecosystem)”

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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