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abstract: 'Will the internet, robotics and artificial intelligence mean a `jobless
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future''? A recent narrative, endorsed by tech-billionaires, says we face
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mass unemployment, and we need a basic income. In contrast, this article
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shows why the law can achieve full employment with fair incomes, and
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holidays with pay. Universal human rights, including the right to `share
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in scientific advancement and its benefits'', set the proper guiding
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principles. Three distinct views of the causes of unemployment are that
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it is a `natural'' phenomenon, that technology may propel it, or that it
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is social and legal choice: to let capital owners restrict investment in
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jobs. Only the third view has any credible evidence to support it.
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Technology may create redundancies, but unemployment is a purely social
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phenomenon. After World War Two, 42\% of UK jobs were redundant but
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social policy maintained full employment. This said, transition to new
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technology, when markets are left alone, can be exceedingly slow: a
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staggering 88\% of American horses lost their jobs after the Model T
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Ford, but only over 45 years. Both the global financial crisis from 2008
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and the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 illustrate the importance of social
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and legal policy, and suggest it is time to learn. Taking lessons from
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history, it is clear that unemployment is driven by inequality of wealth
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and of votes in the economy. To uphold human rights, governments should
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reprogramme the law, for full employment, fair incomes and more leisure,
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on a living planet. Robot owners will not automate your job away, if we
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defend economic democracy.'
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affiliation: 'McGaughey, E (Corresponding Author), Kings Coll London, Law, London,
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England.
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McGaughey, E (Corresponding Author), Univ Cambridge, Ctr Business Res, Cambridge,
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England.
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McGaughey, Ewan, Kings Coll London, Law, London, England.
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McGaughey, Ewan, Univ Cambridge, Ctr Business Res, Cambridge, England.'
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author: McGaughey, Ewan
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author-email: ewan.mcgaughey@kcl.ac.uk
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author_list:
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- family: McGaughey
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given: Ewan
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1093/indlaw/dwab010
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earlyaccessdate: JUL 2021
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eissn: 1464-3669
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files: []
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issn: 0305-9332
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journal: INDUSTRIAL LAW JOURNAL
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keywords-plus: 'UNITED-KINGDOM; NATURAL RATE; LABOR-LAW; UNEMPLOYMENT; PROPERTY;
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BRITAIN; HISTORY; GOVERNANCE; INFLATION; DEMAND'
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language: English
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month: NOV 20
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number: '3'
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number-of-cited-references: '257'
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pages: 511-559
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papis_id: b0d332865c2612557e5febea7edffdc6
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ref: Mcgaughey2022willrobots
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times-cited: '0'
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title: Will Robots Automate Your Job Away? Full Employment, Basic Income and Economic
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Democracy
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:000756426700001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '8'
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usage-count-since-2013: '28'
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volume: '51'
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web-of-science-categories: Industrial Relations \& Labor; Law
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year: '2022'
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