人的資本理論の死と刷新 The Death of Human Capital? : Its Failed Promise and How to Renew It in an Age of Disruption

Brown, Phillip/ Lauder, Hugh/ Cheung, Sin Yi

Oxford University Press Inc（2020/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 314 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780190644307
• DDC分類 331

Full Description

Human capital theory, or the notion that there is a direct relationship between educational investment and individual and national prosperity, has dominated public policy on education and labor for the past fifty years. In The Death of Human Capital?, Phillip Brown, Hugh Lauder, and Sin Yi Cheung argue that the human capital story is one of false promise: investing in learning isn't the road to higher earnings and national prosperity. Rather than abandoning human capital theory, however, the authors redefine human capital in an age of smart machines. They present a new human capital theory that rejects the view that automation and AI will result in the end of waged work, but see the fundamental problem as a lack of quality jobs offering interesting, worthwhile, and rewarding opportunities. A controversial challenge to the reigning ideology, The Death of Human Capital? connects with a growing sense that capitalism is in crisis, felt by students and the wider workforce, shows what's at stake in the new human capital while offering hope for the future.

Contents

1. Introduction

Part One - The Rise of Human Capital Theory
2. Origins
3. The High Tide

Part Two - The Failed Promise
4. Learning Isn't Earning
5. Winners and Losers
6. The Mirage of Opportunity
7. The Failed Promise of Development
8. A Revisionist History

Part Three - The New Human Capital
9. Starting Principles
10. Rethinking Labor Supply
11. Rethinking Job Demand
12. Rethinking Economic Returns
13. Conclusion: A Race Against Time

Appendix
Notes