# Work versus Capital

By [Continuations](https://continuations.com) · 2013-01-28

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I am still in Europe now for a few days of skiing with some friends. Since I am also trying to get some work done at the same time, posts will continue to be super short. Today’s post is simply a suggestion to read this [three](http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/ap-impact-middle-class-jobs-cut-in-recession-feared-gone-for-good-lost-to-technology/2013/01/25/8162f0b8-671d-11e2-889b-f23c246aa446_story.html) [part](http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/big-data-and-cloud-computing-empower-smart-machines-to-do-human-work-take-human-jobs/2013/01/18/3c208272-61b9-11e2-81ef-a2249c1e5b3d_story.html) [series](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-world-without-work-as-robots-computers-get-smarter-will-humans-have-anything-left-to-do/2013/01/18/61561b1c-61b7-11e2-81ef-a2249c1e5b3d_story.html) by the Washington Post on the impact of technology on jobs. And then also read [this post](http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-27/guest-post-why-employment-dead-water) on Zero Hedge which focuses on a different aspect of the economy: the growth of profits in the financial sector fueled by cheap credit from the Fed. I hadn’t thought about this before but clearly that’s an important contributor to the rise of inequality. All of this explains why there is a resurgence of [interest in Karl Marx](http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/25/karl-marx-relevant-21st-century).

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