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Work and Human Development in a Deindustrializing World

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Dani Rodrik. 2015. Work and Human Development in a Deindustrializing World. New York.

Work and Human Development in a Deindustrializing World

Work is mostly unpleasant. Doing lots of unpleasant work is how countries get rich. And being rich is how more people get to do pleasant work. That pretty much sums up economic history from the perspective of ‘work for human development’.