Nice review of my book Making Light Work. Thanks Mathis Bachelot! A French translation of the book is clearly in order Polity

'Tough choices' result from self-imposed fiscal rules. We need a vision of a better economic future not more acceptance of the status quo bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Something deeply depressing and sobering about a long weekend (an exceptional thing) leading to more congestion and pollution. Even 'free time', it seems, is bad for the planet theguardian.com/world/article/…

Some interesting books here for review...

Last UK general election to be held in July was in 1945. There are probably good political reasons for avoiding July though I can't readily identify them

'AI can help people keep physical jobs for longer'
Where is the vision of using AI to keep us working for shorter hours and with potentially longer retirements? We need to broaden our imagination on the potential for AI at work bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

The fact that, in the UK, May Day falls in the middle of a working week (unchanged in length for over a century) and is not a public holiday is both ironic and dispiriting

“Hope in work, joy in leisure”. Still an effective slogan for the present. Happy May Day!

If the price of circuses increases too, then who knows what the consequences could be? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

These stories capture attention but while it remains cheaper to hire workers than invest in robots, firms in warehousing and beyond will continue to adopt labour intensive methods. Automation is not determined solely by the limits of technology bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Wrote this over 10 years ago - with return of inflammatory rhetoric about 'sick note culture', it seems all too relevant today LSE British Politics and Policy blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

On the cognitive cost of mentally unstimulating work - Adam Smith highlighted this cost over 200 years ago. The fact that it persists in the present shows how far we are from creating work that can sustain health theguardian.com/science/2024/a…

Review of my book: 'an accessible, engaging and timely contribution to debates around the changing nature of work under capitalism'. Heartening that someone has read it and appreciated it. Makes the work writing it appear a little lighter onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nt…

Stop press: all forecasts are inaccurate bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

The idea that the UK economy is “turning a corner” is for the birds. It is stuck in the slow lane and going pretty much nowhere theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Don’t watch the skies! #Eclipse2024

Handwringing here from authors with already high sales. For most others, the prospect of their books being read by an app beats no readers at all theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

RIP the digital commons theguardian.com/technology/202…