- Published: 18 April 2017
- ISBN: 9780241201046
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 256
The Wealth of Humans
Work and Its Absence in the Twenty-first Century
Formats & editions
- Published: 18 April 2017
- ISBN: 9780241201046
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 256
Avent is a fluent writer who takes complex ideas and works them, like Plasticine, into vivid models ... The Wealth of Humans stands favourable comparison with Capital in the 21st Century by Thomas Piketty
Martin Vander Weyer, Telegraph
Midway through Ryan Avent's The Wealth of Humans, I found myself marking "H" in the margin, to stand for heresy, so thick and fast do the counterintuitive insights arrive ... I found the virtuosity with which Mr Avent knocked down possible solutions disquieting
Giles Wilkes, Economist
Timely ... the author is a confident guide ... deft at exploring the economic, political and social changes triggered by technological progress and the abundance of cheap labour
Emma Jacobs, Financial Times