The Last Generation to Work (Paperback)
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: A.A. Castor, 2026
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Paperback. For two hundred years, the bargain underneath modern life was simple. You worked. In exchange you got a household, a mortgage, an education for your children, and a country that recognized you as one of its productive members.The children born after 2025 will be the first cohort in industrial history for whom that bargain no longer holds.In *The Last Generation to Work*, A. A. Castor traces what happens to a civilization when paid employment stops being the organizing fact of adult life. The forty-hour week was a recent invention, not a permanent feature of human society, and the institutions built on top of it - public school, the thirty-year mortgage, marriage as an economic partnership, citizenship funded by income tax - are about to discover what they were really made of.The book is not a forecast. It is a structural reading of the present, walking institution by institution through what depends on lifelong wages, what breaks when those wages thin out, and what is already taking shape in the gap. From the disappearing first rung of the white-collar career, to the live experiments in universal income and sovereign-wealth dividends, to the return of multigenerational households and the older sorting mechanisms of religion, place, and lineage - the future of the social contract is already visible, if you know where to look.The final chapters turn from systems to people. The cohort being born right now will grow up knowing they do not have to make a living the way their parents did. What does identity look like without an occupation? What does a healthy post-employment childhood actually require? And what questions does this generation get to answer that ours could not?For readers of *A World Without Work*, *The Coming Wave*, *Bullshit Jobs*, and *The End of the World Is Just the Beginning* - but written for the parents, teachers, young adults, and policy thinkers who already sense the institutions around them are running on assumptions that no longer match the world.A companion volume to *The White-Collar Century*. Where that book argued generative AI inverts which workers go first, this one argues that the result is a generation for whom "a career" is no longer the default frame of an adult life. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…
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- Título
- The Last Generation to Work (Paperback)
- Autor
- A.A. Castor
- Editorial
- A.A. Castor
- Año de publicación
- 2026
- Estado
- new
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 13
- 9798233818622
For two hundred years, the bargain underneath modern life was simple. You worked. In exchange you got a household, a mortgage, an education for your children, and a country that recognized you as one of its productive members.
The children born after 2025 will be the first cohort in industrial history for whom that bargain no longer holds.
In *The Last Generation to Work*, A. A. Castor traces what happens to a civilization when paid employment stops being the organizing fact of adult life. The forty-hour week was a recent invention, not a permanent feature of human society, and the institutions built on top of it - public school, the thirty-year mortgage, marriage as an economic partnership, citizenship funded by income tax - are about to discover what they were really made of.
The book is not a forecast. It is a structural reading of the present, walking institution by institution through what depends on lifelong wages, what breaks when those wages thin out, and what is already taking shape in the gap. From the disappearing first rung of the white-collar career, to the live experiments in universal income and sovereign-wealth dividends, to the return of multigenerational households and the older sorting mechanisms of religion, place, and lineage - the future of the social contract is already visible, if you know where to look.
The final chapters turn from systems to people. The cohort being born right now will grow up knowing they do not have to make a living the way their parents did. What does identity look like without an occupation? What does a healthy post-employment childhood actually require? And what questions does this generation get to answer that ours could not?
For readers of *A World Without Work*, *The Coming Wave*, *Bullshit Jobs*, and *The End of the World Is Just the Beginning* - but written for the parents, teachers, young adults, and policy thinkers who already sense the institutions around them are running on assumptions that no longer match the world.
A companion volume to *The White-Collar Century*. Where that book argued generative AI inverts which workers go first, this one argues that the result is a generation for whom "a career" is no longer the default frame of an adult life.
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A.A. Castor is an author who delves into complex psychological and societal themes, exploring topics such as relationships, cult dynamics, and modern dating. With a focus on uncovering the underlying motivations behind human behavior, Castor's works often challenge conventional perspectives and encourage readers to question the status quo. His books are known for their insightful analysis and practical advice, making them valuable resources for understanding the intricacies of human interactions.
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