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Polanyi’s Paradox and the Shape of Employment Growth
- spikels 12y agoThe author was just on The Econtalk podcast discussing this work: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/10/david_autor_on.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/10/david_autor_on.html
- shoover 12y agoThis paper is a good economic perspective complement to Matthew Crawford's more philosophical and mental health-oriented book Shop Class As Soulcraft. Both analyze the implications of tacit knowledge on the structure of work and reach similar conclusions about the remunerative viability of "middle skills", or manual but cognitively demanding trades, occupations. The paper's focus on the effect of computers on the labor market may be of more interest here, but I recommend both as thought-provoking--and potentially helpful, for career planning--reads on how we live, work, and create value.