03375cam a2200469 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000300009502000270012504000280015204100080018004200080018804300120019605000260020808200120023410000390024624501290028526400370041430000450045133600210049633700250051733800230054250400670056550502400063252014590087265000300233165000320236165000260239365000300241965000640244965000710251365100460258465100520263065100380268265100410272065100550276165100530281670000360286918840336BJBSDDR20241120153408.0ta151102s2016    nyua     b    001 0 eng    a  2015040784  a9781568585215 (hardcover)  a1568585217 (hardcover)  aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLC  aeng  apcc  an-us---14aHC 106.84bM478p 201600a320.9731 aMcChesney, Robert Waterman,d1952-10aPeople get ready :bthe fight against a jobless economy and a citizenless democracy /cRobert W. McChesney and John Nichols. 1aNew York :bNation Books,c2016.  av, 360 pages : billustrations ;c25 cm.  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 291-342) and index.0 aIntroduction: welcome to the future
Into the maelstrom
A jobless economy?
Citizenless democracy
Democratic infrastructure
Overcoming the democratic disconnect
A democratic agenda for a digital age
Statistical appendix / R. Jamil Jonna.  aThe consequences of the technological revolution are about to hit hard: unemployment will spike as new technologies replace labor in the manufacturing, service, and professional sectors of an economy that is already struggling. The end of work as we know it will hit at the worst moment imaginable: as capitalism fosters permanent stagnation, when the labor market is in decrepit shape, with declining wages, expanding poverty, and scorching inequality. Only the dramatic democratization of our economy can address the existential challenges we now face. Yet, the US political process is so dominated by billionaires and corporate special interests, by corruption and monopoly, that it stymies not just democracy but progress. The great challenge of these times is to ensure that the tremendous benefits of technological progress are employed to serve the whole of humanity, rather than to enrich the wealthy few. Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols argue that the United States needs a new economy in which revolutionary technologies are applied to effectively address environmental and social problems and used to rejuvenate and extend democratic institutions. Based on intense reporting, rich historical analysis, and deep understanding of the technological and social changes that are unfolding, they propose a bold strategy for democratizing our digital destiny--before it's too late--and unleashing the real power of the Internet, and of humanity. 0aDemocracyzUnited States. 4aDemocraciazEstados Unidos  0aLaborzUnited States. 4aTrabajo zEstados Unidos  0aTechnological innovationsxEconomic aspectszUnited States. 4aInnovaciones tecnológicasxAspectos económicoszEstados Unidos 0aUnited StatesxEconomic conditionsy2009- 4aEstados UnidosxCondiciones económicasy2009- 0aUnited StatesxSocial conditions. 4aEstados UnidosxCondiciones sociales 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty2009-2017. 4aEstados UnidosxPolítica y gobiernoy2009-20171 aNichols, John Harrison, d1959-