David Spencer
@davidaspencer.bsky.social
Prof of Economics and Political Economy (Uni of Leeds, UK).
Work; Work Time; Work Reform. Authored: "Making Light Work" (2022) https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=making-light-work-an-end-to-toil-in-the-twenty-first-century--9781509548620
Work; Work Time; Work Reform. Authored: "Making Light Work" (2022) https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=making-light-work-an-end-to-toil-in-the-twenty-first-century--9781509548620
Reposted by David Spencer
Simon called it the "Information Fallacy." We call it "efficient inefficiency"--more efficiently doing things which aren't worth doing:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Efficient Inefficiency: Organisational challenges of realising economic gains from AI
Organisations are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI). Where AI performs productive tasks more efficiently than humans, organisations will…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Simon called it the "Information Fallacy." We call it "efficient inefficiency"--more efficiently doing things which aren't worth doing:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
An influence on me growing up in Leeds and a poem that still resonates www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v0...
Tony Harrison · Poem: ‘V.’
www.lrb.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
An influence on me growing up in Leeds and a poem that still resonates www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v0...
the more you say it, the more likely it will happen
September 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
the more you say it, the more likely it will happen
On the case for a furlough scheme post-pandemic, see below @cjres.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...
Furloughing and COVID-19: assessing regulatory reform of the state
Abstract. This article assesses regulatory reform of the state in the context of the move to furloughing in the UK. It establishes that furloughing was a s
academic.oup.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
On the case for a furlough scheme post-pandemic, see below @cjres.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...