Foreword: Galaxy incognito / Kjell A. Nordström -- A journey of a thousand miles : an introduction to the digitalization of labor / Anthony Larsson -- Behind the history of labor : technology as the driving force / Alexander Bard, Jan Söderqvist, and Anthony Larsson -- The substitution of...

Through a series of studies, the overarching aim of this book is to investigate if and how the digitalization/digital transformation process causes (or may cause) the autonomy of various labor functions, and its impact in creating (or stymieing) various job opportunities on the labor market....

This new edited collection brings together historians and social scientists to engage with the global history of Universal Basic Income (UBI) and offer historically-rich perspectives on contemporary debates about the future of work. In particular, the book goes beyond a genealogy of a seemingly...

Estonia is widely regarded as a paramount example for a successful transformation of a socialist economic system to a functioning market economy. Against the backdrop of this positive image which contrasts strongly with the crisis scenarios in Southern Europe the remaining problems of Estonia...