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SUMMARY:What is the value of work today? - Professor Christopher Land
DTSTART:20190529T173000Z
DTEND:20190529T183000Z
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CONTACT:Miriam Berg
DESCRIPTION:Inaugural lecture with Professor Christopher Land.\nIn 1930\, 
 the economics John Maynard Keynes looked forward to the prospects for his 
 grandchildren\, arguing that technological innovation\, the miracle of com
 pound interest\, and the natural limits of human consumption\, would mean 
 those of us alive today are working a 15-hour week and living in comfortab
 le luxury. Instead of the widespread technical unemployment that Keynes pr
 edicted\, employment levels are at a historical high and unemployment is a
 t its lowest for 50 years. Despite this\, consultants and anti-capitalists
  alike continue to predict the imminent ‘end of work’.  In this lectur
 e I will argue that work is not disappearing but it is changing. Innovatio
 ns like ethical consumption\, the rise of social media\, and the resurgenc
 e of ‘craft’ in production have changed the way we think about work\, 
 the values that motivate our work\, and the way that work creates economic
  value. Using examples from the fashion industry\, Facebook\, and craft br
 ewing\, I will argue that\, for some workers at least\, changes in economi
 c production in the last 50 years have displaced the boundary between work
  and life by extending the circulation of economic value\, and the logic o
 f management\, into our private lives. In contrast to Keynes’ prediction
 s\, ever more of our life is spend ‘working’ but the nature of that wo
 rk\, and its connection to economic value\, requires shift in how we under
 stand the relationship between work and employment. 
LOCATION:Anglia Ruskin University\, East Road\, Cambridge CB1 1PT
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