SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020The Sunday Times Best
Business Books of the Year 2020The Times of London Best Business Books of the Year 2020The
Financial Times Best Books of the Year 2020Fortune 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
