asterisk2a + mismatch 6
Does The Myth of Meritocracy show us how to alleviate inequality?
july 2016 by asterisk2a
No debate about social mobility is complete without reference to the supposedly halcyon days of the 1950s and 1960s. The class fluidity of those decades, however, was not the result of professions becoming more meritocratic. It was caused by an unprecedented rise in the number of middle-class jobs: there was more room at the top. [...] Bloodworth writes that 21st-century society is characterised by a dwindling of professional jobs and more people slipping downwards: there is “more room at the bottom”. [...] Globalisation has created what the economist Robert H Frank calls “winner-takes-all” markets
downward
mobility
social
mobility
income
mobility
inequality
Paul
Mason
book
post-capitalism
James
Bloodworth
Gini
coefficient
income
distribution
structural
unemployment
long-term
unemployment
skill
gap
skills
gap
skill
mismatch
skill-biased
technological
change
AI
artificial
intelligence
globalisation
globalization
rising
middleclass
squeezed
middle
class
BRIC
Manufacturing
economic
history
sociology
Brexit
Identitypolitics
Identitätspolitik
career
ladder
education
bubble
education
cost
autonomous
car
autonomous
cars
self-driving
cars
augmented
intelligence
Robotics
Robots
automation
neoclassical
economics
Chicago
School
trickle-down
economics
trickle-down
effect
1%
10%
20%
working
poor
Precariat
credit
card
credit
card
debt
consumerism
consumerist
austerity
bank
bailout
capitalism
in
crisis
neoliberal
neoliberalism
crony
capitalism
tax
evasion
tax
avoidance
Baby
Boomers
babyboomers
Elizabeth
Warren
Joseph
Stiglitz
poverty
trap
poverty
child
poverty
rentier
rent-seeking
winner
take
all
monopoly
monopsony
conglomerate
multinational
Toff
Privileged
Establishment
No
Representation
Politicians
career
politician
Centrist
meritocracy
meritocratic
plutocracy
oligarchy
capitalism
july 2016 by asterisk2a
Testing times ahead for Universal Credit
april 2016 by asterisk2a
[ in real terms cuts through the back door. spin doctor and positioning ] Universal Credit was meant to bring "radical changes" to people's real incomes and incentivise them to move off benefits and into work, according to David Finch, a former economic analyst at the DWP.
"But... the strength of the improved incentives it was meant to bring have been gradually eroded," he says, speaking in his current role as a researcher at the Resolution Foundation.
There have been significant tensions between the Treasury and the DWP over its cost.
Last year the government announced funding cuts to the universal credit "work allowance" - reducing the amount people can earn before benefit payments are withdrawn.
Universal
Credit
DWP
Stephen
Crabb
austerity
spin
doctor
Positioning
PR
Iain
Duncan
Smith
poverty
trap
skill
gap
skill
mismatch
skill-biased
technological
change
"But... the strength of the improved incentives it was meant to bring have been gradually eroded," he says, speaking in his current role as a researcher at the Resolution Foundation.
There have been significant tensions between the Treasury and the DWP over its cost.
Last year the government announced funding cuts to the universal credit "work allowance" - reducing the amount people can earn before benefit payments are withdrawn.
april 2016 by asterisk2a
Why Everyone Must Get Ready For The 4th Industrial Revolution
april 2016 by asterisk2a
For example, as automation increases, computers and machines will replace workers across a vast spectrum of industries, from drivers to accountants and estate agents to insurance agents. By one estimate, as many as 47 percent of U.S. jobs are at risk from automation. Many experts suggest that the fourth industrial revolution will benefit the rich much more than the poor, especially as low-skill, low-wage jobs disappear in favor of automation.
But this isn’t new. Historically, industrial revolutions have always begun with greater inequality followed by periods of political and institutional change. The industrial revolution that began at the beginning of the 19th century originally led to a huge polarization of wealth and power, before being followed by nearly 100 years of change including the spread of democracy, trade unions, progressive taxation and the development of social safety nets.
Mobile
Creative
Mobile
Creatives
augmented
intelligence
artificial
intelligence
AI
Robotics
automation
destruction
creativity
book
social
safety
net
welfare
state
tax
credit
working
poor
Precariat
low
pay
low
income
Universal
Basic
income
tax
receipts
job
creation
Service
Sector
Jobs
precarious
work
precarious
employment
Contractor
part-time
Zero
Hour
Contract
self-employment
tax
evasion
profit
maximisation
profit
maximization
shareholder
capitalism
shareholder
value
Wall
Street
M&A
Autonomous
Cars
Google
Car
Uber
public
transport
public
transportation
corporate
tax
rate
tax
amnesty
tax
avoidance
Panama
Papers
offshore
banking
Super
Rich
1%
plutocracy
oligarchy
Soziale
Marktwirtschaft
skills
gap
skills
economy
skill
mismatch
skill-biased
technological
change
skill
gap
skills
mismatch
skills
shortage
skills
missmatch
skill
investment
education
policy
winner
take
all
business
model
R&D
R&D
underinvestment
austerity
Generationengerechtigkeit
fairness
democracy
secular
stagnation
western
world
job
market
labour
market
poverty
trap
economic
history
UK
USA
Europe
Germany
But this isn’t new. Historically, industrial revolutions have always begun with greater inequality followed by periods of political and institutional change. The industrial revolution that began at the beginning of the 19th century originally led to a huge polarization of wealth and power, before being followed by nearly 100 years of change including the spread of democracy, trade unions, progressive taxation and the development of social safety nets.
april 2016 by asterisk2a
Will Advances in Technology Create a Jobless Future? | MIT Technology Review
august 2015 by asterisk2a
Who Will Own the Robots? - We’re in the midst of a jobs crisis, and rapid advances in AI and other technologies may be one culprit. How can we get better at sharing the wealth that technology creates? // BY MARTIN FORD - The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them BY JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ &! Inequality: What Can Be Done? BY ANTHONY B. ATKINSON &! The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies BY ERIK BRYNJOLFSSON AND ANDREW MCAFEE // &! Paul Krugman - “A lot of what’s happening [in income inequality] is not just the gods of technology telling us what must happen but is in fact [due to] social constructs that could be different.” - gov policy, corporate policy (ie 4-day work week and 6-hour days because productivity and profit margin do allow for that, and more brings diminished returns etc etc but will that go down well with Wall Street?)
Universal
Basic
Income
tax
evasion
tax
avoidance
crony
capitalism
shared
economic
interest
AI
Software
Is
Eating
The
World
marketplace
efficiencies
mobile
homescreen
mobile
phone
commodity
business
commoditization
Service
Sector
Jobs
Niedriglohnsektor
Future
of
Work
Creatives
Creative
skill-biased
technological
change
skills
gap
skill
mismatch
education
policy
Makers
4-day
week
6-hour
day
productivity
output
gap
secular
stagnation
squeezed
middle
class
working
poor
precarious
1099
Economy
Gig
Economy
self-employment
Zero
Hour
Contract
Contractor
on-demand
convenience
outsourcing
job
creation
job
market
labour
economics
labour
market
neoliberalism
neoliberal
Wall
Street
profit
maximisation
shareholder
value
capitalism
inequality
capital
gains
1%
Super
Rich
meritocracy
meritocratic
tax
code
tax
tax
free
welfare
state
tax
credit
Public
Services
Social
Services
austerity
dogma
manufactured
consent
propaganda
populism
lobbyist
lobby
Lobbying
PR
spin
doctor
Robotics
3D
printing
Manufacturing
STEM
industrial
policy
automation
self-driving
cars
autonomous
car
marginal
cost
economics
of
abundance
safety
net
Gini
inequality
technological
technological
labour
capital
august 2015 by asterisk2a
▶ BBC Radio 4 - Today, 19/08/2015, 'Fifty eight percent of graduates in non-graduate jobs'
august 2015 by asterisk2a
structural problems in UK and USA. Compared to mismatch of just 10% in Germany, in direct comparison.
University
College
industrial
policy
STEM
Manufacturing
Career
Politicians
Makers
apprenticeships
short-term
thinking
short-term
view
vocational
education
Higher
professional
education
education
policy
Liberal
Arts
continual
education
austerity
Student
Maintenance
Grant
Maintenance
Allowance
George
Osborne
David
Cameron
Tories
Conservative
Party
Generationengerechtigkeit
GFC
recovery
secular
stagnation
lost
decade
lost
generation
debt
loan
debt
loan
Student
Bubble
UK
USA
practical
skills
practical
skill
set
skill-biased
technological
change
skills
gap
mismatch
august 2015 by asterisk2a
Malcolm Gladwell on the challenge of hiring in the modern world - The New Yorker Conference - YouTube
may 2015 by asterisk2a
// self-taught autodidact non-computer science applicants are not doing well in traditional brogrammer interviews &! RailsConf 2014 - Keynote: Writing Software by David Heinemeier Hansson - https://youtu.be/9LfmrkyP81M
Software
Development
HR
human
resources
programmers
Programming
computer
science
STEM
vocational
education
continual
education
e-learning
online
learning
MOOC
hiring
skills
mismatch
education
policy
practical
skills
practical
skill
set
may 2015 by asterisk2a
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