Capitalism Rebooted?
Work, Welfare, and the New Economy
“New Economy” is simply the name being given to current attempts to reboot a very old and exploitative economic system. However, there are signs a truly new economy is possible, as trade unions, working people and progressive social movements continue the struggle for social justice.
About the book
The so-called New Economy, based on huge advances in information and communication technologies, economic globalization and neoliberalism, promised to expand economic opportunities and growth, provide stimulating and well-paid jobs, reduce inequalities and develop the Third World. But the experiences of the past two decades have hardly been positive for workers and their families. While there have been significant economic and workplace changes, these changes have not been the boon to working people that was predicted. In fact, as the authors of this book show, there is significant unemployment and underemployment, including for knowledge workers. Management strategies continue to be authoritarian, and work presents new dangers to our health. Meanwhile, social services have been ripped apart. “New Economy” is simply the name being given to current attempts to reboot a very old and exploitative economic system. However, there are signs a truly new economy is possible, as trade unions, working people and progressive social movements continue the struggle for social justice.
Contents
- Introduction
- The New Economy: Are All Our Woes Virtually Solved? (Dave Broad and Wayne Antony)
- Capitalism Rebooted: Is the New Economy Really all that New? (Dave Broad and Wayne Antony)
- Where’s The Work? Labour Market Trends and the New Economy (Dave Broad, Jane Cruikshank, and James P. Mulvale)
- Managing Change: Organizational and Management Responses to the New Economy (Janice Foley)
- Lifelong Learning and the New Economy: Education or Ideology? (Jane Cruikshank)
- Stresses and Strains: Workers’ Health and the New Economy (Michael Polanyi)
- From Welfare to Workfare: Public Policy for the New Economy (Garson Hunter and Dionne Miazdyck-Shield)
- Solidarity Forever in Cyberspace? Responses of the Labour Movement to Information and Communication Technologies (James P. Mulvale)
- New Economy or New Society? A Change Is Gonna Come (Dave Broad)
