Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-336) and index.
Foreword / Robert L. Heilbroner -- 1. The End of Work -- 2. Trickle-down Technology and Market Realities -- 3. Visions of Techno-Paradise -- 4. Crossing into the High-Tech Frontier -- 5. Technology and the African-American Experience -- 6. The Great Automation Debate -- 7. Post-Fordism -- 8. No More Farmers -- 9. Hanging Up the Blue Collar -- 10. The Last Service Worker -- 11. High-Tech Winners and Losers -- 12. Requiem for the Working Class -- 13. The Fate of Nations -- 14. A More Dangerous World -- 15. Re-engineering the Work Week -- 16. A New Social Contract -- 17. Empowering the Third Sector -- 18. .Globalizing the Social Economy