SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020 The Sunday Times Best
Business Books of the Year 2020 The Times of London Best Business Books of the Year 2020 The
Financial Times Best Books of the Year 2020 Fortune Magazine Best Business Book of the Year
2020 FiveBooks.com Best Non-Fiction of 2020 Inc.com Best New Business Books of 2020 'A
path-breaking thought-provoking and in-depth study of how new technology will transform the
world of work' Gordon Brown 'Compelling... Should be required reading for any presidential
candidate' New York Times New technologies have always provoked panic about workers being
replaced by machines. In the past such fears have been misplaced and many economists maintain
that they remain so today. Yet in A World Without Work Daniel Susskind shows why this time
really is different. Advances in artificial intelligence mean that all kinds of tasks - from
diagnosing illnesses to drafting contracts - are increasingly within the reach of computers.
The threat of technological unemployment is real. So how can we all thrive in a world with
less work? Susskind reminds us that technological progress could bring about unprecedented
prosperity solving one of mankind's oldest problems: how to ensure everyone has enough to live
on. The challenge will be to distribute this prosperity fairly constrain the power of Big Tech
and provide meaning in a world where work is no longer the centre of our lives. In this
visionary pragmatic and ultimately hopeful book Susskind shows us the way. ' Fascinating
and tightly argued ' Sunday Telegraph ' This is the book to read on the future of work in the
age of artificial intelligence . It is thoughtful and state-of-the-art on the economics of the
issue but its real strength is the way it goes beyond just the economics' Lawrence Summers
former Chief Economist of the World Bank ' A fascinating book about a vitally important topic.
Elegant original and compelling ' Tim Harford author of The Undercover Economist
