Spencer, D.A. orcid.org/0000-0002-7803-6105 (2024) Marx, Keynes and the future of working time. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 48 (1). pp. 25-40. ISSN 0309-166X
Abstract
This paper re-examines the different visions of the future of working time offered by Marx and Keynes. While Marx and Keynes differed radically on some fundamental matters, they agreed that society would benefit from reducing work time. The idea of society using technology to curtail work hours was a central aspect of their respective visions of a better future. The paper compares Marx’s and Keynes’s visions. It also considers the fate of their visions as well as their relevance for modern debates on the future of work. The conclusion is that a critical political economy can learn from the different ideas of Marx and Keynes in supporting the case for reducing work hours in the present.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2023. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC-BY-NC 4.0). |
Keywords: | Marx, Keynes, Working time, Shorter work hours, Future of work |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Economics Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 Aug 2023 09:21 |
Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2024 10:31 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/cje/bead046 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:202111 |