TY - BOOK AU - NIL AU - Albo, Gregory (ed.) TI - CAPITALISM,TECHNOLOGY,LABOR : Socialist Register Reader SN - 9789350028001 U1 - 338.064 PY - 2023////01/01 CY - Delhi PB - Aakar KW - Technological innovations KW - Technological innovations -- Economic aspects KW - Technological innovations -- Social aspects KW - Technology -- Social aspects -- History -- 21st century KW - Labor KW - Socialism KW - Capitalism N1 - The Socialist Register has been at the forefront of intellectual enquiry and strategic debate on the left for five decades. This expertly curated collection analyzes technological innovation against the backdrop of the recurrent crises and forms of class struggle distinctive to capitalism. As we enter what some term the "fourth industrial revolution" and both mainstream commentators and the left grapple with the implications of rapid technological development, this volume is a timely and crucial resource for those looking to build a political strategy attentive to sweeping changes in how we produce goods and live our lives; The economics of Neo-capitalism / Ernest Mandel -- Professor Galbraith and American capitalism / Ralph Miliband -- Andre Gorz and his disappearing proletariat / Richard Hyman -- Marx, the present crisis, and the future of labor / Ernest Mandel -- "Competitive austerity" and the impasse of capitalist employment policy / Greg albo -- The making of a cybertariat? Virtual work in a real world / Ursula Huws -- No-collar labor in America's "new economy" / Andrew Ross -- A tale of two crises : labor, capital, and restructuring in the US auto industry / Nicole Aschoff -- Crisis as capitalist opportunity : the new accumulation through public service commodification / Ursula Huws -- The Walmart working class / Arun Gupta -- Reconsiderations of class : precariousness as proletarianization / Bryan D. Palmer -- Class theory and class politics today / Hugo Radice ER -