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Reviews and Commentaries

Repoliticising the future of work: automation and the end of techno-optimism

Automation and the Future of Work, by Aaron Benanav, Verso Books, 2020, 160 pp., £12,99 (hardback), ISBN 978-1839761294Smart Machines and Service Work: Automation in an Age of Stagnation, by Jason E. Smith, Reaktion Books, December 2020, 192 pp., $20.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1789143188

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Pages 270-276 | Received 04 May 2021, Accepted 21 Dec 2021, Published online: 01 Feb 2022

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