Disrupted Development and the Future of Inequality in the Age of Automation

This open access book examines the future of inequality, work and wages in the age of automation with a focus on developing countries. The authors argue that the rise of a global 'robot reserve army' has profound effects on labor markets and economic development, but, rather than causing mass unemployment, new technologies are more likely to lead to stagnant wages and premature deindustrialization. The book illuminates the debate on the impact of automation upon economic development, in particular issues of poverty, inequality and work. It highlights public policy responses and strategiesranging from containment to coping mechanismsto confront the effects of automation.

Presents the contemporary context of deindustrialization and tertiarization in the developing world Surveys contemporary scholarship and literature on economic development in the context of technological change Discusses potential public policy responses and development strategies in response to automation

Autorentext

Lukas Schlogl is a political scientist in the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Austria.
Andy Sumner is Professor of International Development in the Department of International Development at King's College London, UK.

Inhalt

1. Chapter 1 Introduction.- 2. Chapter 2: Economic Development and Structural Transformation.- 3. Chapter 3: Deindustrialisation and Tertiarization in the Developing World.- 4. Chapter 4: Technological Transformation.- 5. Chapter 5: Automation and Structural Transformation in Developing Countries.- 6. Chapter 6: Automation, Politics, and Public Policy.- 7. Chapter 7 Conclusions.