Capitalism Rebooted?: Work, Welfare, and the New Economy

Investigating the effects of the New Economy on Canada’s workers and their families, this study examines the promises made by the advances of technology and globalization versus the challenges that face workers today. The changes that have been made in the working world have not been the predicted boon for laborers, the book explains, leading instead to under- and unemployment and a rehash of an old, exploitative system.

Investigating the effects of the New Economy on Canada’s workers and their families, this study examines the promises made by the advances of technology and globalization versus the challenges that face workers today. The changes that have been made in the working world have not been the predicted boon for laborers, the book explains, leading instead to under- and unemployment and a rehash of an old, exploitative system.

Dave Broad is a research associate at the University of Regina. His books include Citizens or Consumers? and The New World Order and the Third World. He lives in Regina, Saskatchewan. Wayne Antony is a founder, former chair, and current member of the board of directors of the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives–Manitoba. His previous works include Citizens or Consumers? and Power and Resistance. He lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.