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11/02/2017 GMT

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How to make work pay in the digital economy

Technology has shaken up working culture.  We ask how to make work pay in the digital economy?

Technology has shaken up working culture. Large multinationals are rethinking the ways they let their staff work. While for many people outside the structure of big companies, work is increasingly freelance and insecure. We'll hear from those who say the traditional eight-hour working day is on its way out. But what is replacing it? Join Manuela Saragosa and guests as they debate how to make work pay fairly for everyone.  Manuela hears from Guy Standing, author of "The Precariat" ; Edward Conard, from  the American Enterprise Institute and author of "The Upside of Inequality",  and Douglas Rushkoff, author of "Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus".

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