Defining the information society Phuah Eng Chye (27 April 2019) Societies undergo stress from discontinuous change. The manufacturing sector shrinks and populations age as the physical is replaced by the intangible. Radical departures from traditional norms, behaviours and organisational structures cause disruption and social dislocation. Paradigms function as the lenses that we peer through to … “Defining the information society”
Additional references: Organisation of work (Part 2)
Additional references: Organisation of work (Part 2) Phuah Eng Chye (13 April 2019) Skills and training The Council of Economic Advisers (February 2018) “Addressing America’s reskilling challenge”. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Addressing-Americas-Reskilling-Challenge.pdf In the US, investment in skill development is largely “frontloaded” during the first 25 years of life. After that, public contributions are small and employer training represents … “Additional references: Organisation of work (Part 2)”
Additional references: Organisation of work (Part 1)
Additional references: Organisation of work (Part 1) Phuah Eng Chye (6 April 2019) Technology and productivity Jacques Bughin, Jeongmin Seong, James Manyika, Michael Chui, Raoul Joshi (September 2018) “Notes from the frontier: Modeling the impact of AI on the world economy”. McKinsey Global Institute.https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Featured%20Insights/Artificial%20Intelligence/Notes%20from%20the%20frontier%20Modeling%20the%20impact%20of%20AI%20on%20the%20world%20economy/MGI-Notes-from-the-AI-frontier-Modeling-the-impact-of-AI-on-the-world-economy-September-2018.ashx Adrian Peralta-Alva, Agustin Roitman (28 September 2018) “Technology and the future … “Additional references: Organisation of work (Part 1)”
Additional references: Service and sharing economy, Organisation of households
Additional references: Service and sharing economy, Organisation of households Phuah Eng Chye (30 March 2019) Services economy Manoj Atolia, Prakash Loungani, Milton Marquis, Chris Papageorgiou (28 September 2018) “Rethinking development policy: Deindustrialization, servicification and structural transformation”. IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2018/09/28/Rethinking-Development-Policy-Deindustrialization-Servicification-and-Structural-46253 This paper reviews theories on structural transformation and discusses issues relating to premature deindustrialization and the middle-income … “Additional references: Service and sharing economy, Organisation of households”
Economicsofinformationsociety.com: Articles (July 2017- March 2019)
Economicsofinformationsociety.com: Articles (July 2017- March 2019) Phuah Eng Chye (23 March 2019) Information society Phuah Eng Chye (2015) Policy paradigms for the anorexic and financialised economy: Managing the transition to an information society. Introduction to the information society (1 July 2017) The significance of information effects (15 July 2017) Macroeconomic frameworks for an information society … “Economicsofinformationsociety.com: Articles (July 2017- March 2019)”
Future of work: Strategy roadmap for labour
Future of work: Strategy roadmap for labour Phuah Eng Chye (16 March 2019) The most pressing question in the future of work is how to fix a broken labour market. Large industrial employment and traditional labour regulation grew up alongside each other and both are in tatters. Traditional employment is being replaced by transient and … “Future of work: Strategy roadmap for labour”