Ursula Huws is Professor of Labor and Globalization at the University of Hertfordshire. Her most recent book is Labour in Contemporary Capitalism: What Next? (2019). She has been carrying out pioneering research on the economic and social impacts of technological change, the restructuring of employment and the changing international division of labour, for many years.  She lectures, advises policy-makers, and has written numerous books.

'Huws documents brilliantly how the welfare state has morphed into a machine for increasing inequality and distributing wealth upwards. Her solutions are radical, but in the post-Covid slump radicalism will be essential.'

• Series Preface Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction2. What Has Happened to the Twentieth-century Welfare State? 3. What Has Happened in the Labour Market? 4. What Has Happened to Gender Equality? 5. Recalibrating the Mechanisms of Redistribution 6. A Universal Basic Income that is Genuinely Redistributive 7. A New Deal for Labour 8. Digital Platforms for Public Good 9. The Way Forward Notes Index

Ursula Huws is Professor of Labor and Globalization at the University of Hertfordshire. Her most recent book is Labour in Contemporary Capitalism: What Next? (2019). She has been carrying out pioneering research on the economic and social impacts of technological change, the restructuring of employment and the changing international division of labour, for many years.  She lectures, advises policy-makers, and has written numerous books.

'Huws documents brilliantly how the welfare state has morphed into a machine for increasing inequality and distributing wealth upwards. Her solutions are radical, but in the post-Covid slump radicalism will be essential.'

• Series Preface Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction2. What Has Happened to the Twentieth-century Welfare State? 3. What Has Happened in the Labour Market? 4. What Has Happened to Gender Equality? 5. Recalibrating the Mechanisms of Redistribution 6. A Universal Basic Income that is Genuinely Redistributive 7. A New Deal for Labour 8. Digital Platforms for Public Good 9. The Way Forward Notes Index

Ursula Huws is Professor of Labor and Globalization at the University of Hertfordshire. Her most recent book is Labour in Contemporary Capitalism: What Next? (2019). She has been carrying out pioneering research on the economic and social impacts of technological change, the restructuring of employment and the changing international division of labour, for many years.  She lectures, advises policy-makers, and has written numerous books.

'Huws documents brilliantly how the welfare state has morphed into a machine for increasing inequality and distributing wealth upwards. Her solutions are radical, but in the post-Covid slump radicalism will be essential.'

• Series Preface Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction2. What Has Happened to the Twentieth-century Welfare State? 3. What Has Happened in the Labour Market? 4. What Has Happened to Gender Equality? 5. Recalibrating the Mechanisms of Redistribution 6. A Universal Basic Income that is Genuinely Redistributive 7. A New Deal for Labour 8. Digital Platforms for Public Good 9. The Way Forward Notes Index