F. A. Schmidt – Economics of Information Society

Future of work: The labour movement (Part 4: Alternative models)

Future of work: The labour movement (Part 4: Alternative models) Phuah Eng Chye (13 October 2018) Though the role of trade unions and the collective bargaining process have diminished, there is no shortage of alternative models that can be used to organise labour. Worker representation and co-determination trade union models. The US firm-level trade union … “Future of work: The labour movement (Part 4: Alternative models)”

Future of work: Approaches to regulating gig employment

Future of work: Approaches to regulating gig employment Phuah Eng Chye (1 September 2018) Several task forces, commissions, institutions and study groups have been established to address the challenges posed by the disruption of traditional labour regulation. In this context, Anna Ilsøe point out employers and employees are no longer well defined due to fissure … “Future of work: Approaches to regulating gig employment”

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).

Date	Article/Event
27 April 2024	The dismal decade (Part 5: China and Japanification risks)