"Wage without Work"
| Title | "Wage without Work" |
| Year for Search | 2016 |
| Authors | Ovaere, Marten, Van den Bergh, Kenneth, and van Stiphout, Arne |
| Secondary Authors | Achten, Veerle, Bouckaert, Geert(b. 1958), and Schokkaert, Erik |
| Secondary Title | ‘A Truly Golden Handbook’: The Scholarly Quest for Utopia |
| Pagination | 288-99 |
| Date Published | 2016 |
| Publisher | Leuven University Press |
| Place Published | Leuven, Belgium |
| Keywords | Belgian author, Male author |
| Annotation | An essay presenting a eutopia set in 2050 in which the production gains brought about by automation have led to a universal basic income which allows the recipient to live however they choose. A man and his family are used to illustrate the positive effects in living, health care, education, which is focused on individual talents and activities that help the community as a whole. Also, financial security has led to greater inventiveness and innovation. Teachers and caregivers are well-paid and human interaction is still valued so some jobs that could have been fully automated have not been. |
| Holding Institutions | MH |
| Author Note | Ovaere is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Economics at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; Van den Bergh is a member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; and, Van Stiphout, who holds a doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, is External Relations Officer for the Global Governance Institute in Brussels, Belgium |
| Full Text | 2016 Ovaere, Marten; Kenneth Van den Bergh; and Arne van Stiphout. “Wage without Work.” ‘A Truly Golden Handbook’: The Scholarly Quest for Utopia. Ed. Veerle Achten, Geert Bouckaert, and Erik Schokkaert (Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press, 2016), 288-99. MH An essay presenting a eutopia set in 2050 in which the production gains brought about by automation have led to a universal basic income which allows the recipient to live however they choose. A man and his family are used to illustrate the positive effects in living, health care, education, which is focused on individual talents and activities that help the community as a whole. Also, financial security has led to greater inventiveness and innovation. Teachers and caregivers are well-paid and human interaction is still valued so some jobs that could have been fully automated have not been. Ovaere is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Economics at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; Van den Bergh is a member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; and, Van Stiphout, who holds a doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, is External Relations Officer for the Global Governance Institute in Brussels, Belgium. |
