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Alex Williams is a researcher and writer specializing in contemporary political theory and technology.
Known for: Inventing The Future: Postcapitalism And A World Without Work
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Inventing The Future: Postcapitalism And A World Without Work
Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work is a major manifesto for a high-tech future free from work. The authors argue that neoliberalism has failed, forcing millions into poverty, and propose a radical transformation of society through automation, reduced working hours, and universal basic income to create a postcapitalist world.
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Critique of Folk Politics
When we speak of folk politics, we do not do so to deride the passion or sincerity that animates today’s social movements. Rather, we seek to name a pattern—a recurring disposition on the contemporary Left that valorizes immediacy, spontaneity, and prefigurative ethics at the expense of scale, media...
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Historical Context: Learning from Neoliberalism
To imagine the future, we must first understand how the present came to be. Neoliberalism did not win by accident; it was built deliberately, brick by intellectual brick. In the mid-twentieth century, figures like Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman, and their allies recognized that social democracy ha...
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Alex Williams is a researcher and writer specializing in contemporary political theory and technology.
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