Marx, Keynes and the future of working time

IF 2 2区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Cambridge Journal of Economics Pub Date : 2023-10-30 DOI:10.1093/cje/bead046

David A Spencer

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Abstract

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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马克思，凯恩斯和未来的工作时间

本文重新审视了马克思和凯恩斯对未来工作时间的不同看法。虽然马克思和凯恩斯在一些基本问题上存在根本分歧，但他们都认为减少工作时间对社会有益。社会利用技术减少工作时间的想法是他们各自对更美好未来愿景的核心方面。本文比较了马克思和凯恩斯的观点。它还考虑了他们的愿景的命运，以及他们对未来工作的现代辩论的相关性。结论是，批判的政治经济学可以从马克思和凯恩斯的不同观点中学习，以支持当前减少工作时间的观点。

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Cambridge Journal of Economics ECONOMICS-

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4.30

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5.00%

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期刊介绍： The Cambridge Journal of Economics, founded in 1977 in the traditions of Marx, Keynes, Kalecki, Joan Robinson and Kaldor, provides a forum for theoretical, applied, policy and methodological research into social and economic issues. Its focus includes: •the organisation of social production and the distribution of its product •the causes and consequences of gender, ethnic, class and national inequities •inflation and unemployment •the changing forms and boundaries of markets and planning •uneven development and world market instability •globalisation and international integration.