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Employment and Jobs

Empowering the Workforce: Roy Bahat on the Future of Work

In this conversation with Workonomics’ Nilesh Kavthekar, Roy Bahat — head of Bloomberg Beta, chair of the Aspen Business Roundtable on Organized Labor, ...

BY Roy Bahat Nilesh Kavthekar

10.02.2024
Employment and Jobs

Artificial Intelligence, Human Intellectual Autonomy and the Future of Work

In January 2015, Congress convened the inaugural meeting of its newly-formed Sharing Economy Caucus. Led by Representatives Jerome Nadler and Eric Swalwell ...

BY Arun Sundararajan

08.29.2024
Employment and Jobs

Looking Back on the "Future of Work" (And What's Next)

We’ve excited the future of work conversation of the last decade, and entered the age of AI.

BY Natalie Foster Anmol Chaddha

07.23.2024
Employment and Jobs

AI and the Future of Work(ers)

Algorithms are influencing decisions about hiring, firing, and worker management, yet there is rarely transparency and accountability around these decisions.

BY Don J. Howard

07.23.2024
Economic Development

Making Labor Day Count for Workers

While many of us took advantage of Labor Day to take some time off, the Institute’s Economic Opportunities Program put shoulder to wheel to spread its ...

BY The Aspen Partnership for an Inclusive Economy

09.28.2023
Employment and Jobs

Latest From Our Gig Worker Learning Project

Most research doesn’t paint a full picture of gig workers or the challenges they face. Here’s what we're doing to fill in the gaps.

BY Adrian Haro Shelly Steward

09.13.2023
Employment and Jobs

Celebrating and Reimagining Worker Rights

Every worker deserves a quality job. Let’s build a better future of work — with greater freedom, opportunity, and prosperity for all.

BY Maureen Conway

09.02.2022
Climate Change

When Bad Weather Meets Bad Work

Short-term thinking has worsened climate change and exploited workers. That’s become a deadly combination.

BY Shelly Steward David K. Gibson

04.21.2022
Technology

How Contract Work Drives Disparities in Tech

Temporary and contingent workers who work in tech have been largely locked out of the industry's prosperity.

BY Natalie Foster

03.10.2022
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