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Author(s): Stanislav Ivanov

Publication date (Print): 1 March 2021

Journal: Prometheus

Publisher: Pluto Journals

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Journal ID (doi): 10.2307/j50022063

Journal ID (jcode): prometheus

Title: Prometheus

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN: 0810-9028

ISSN: 1470-1030

Publication date (Print): 1 March 2021

Volume: 37

Issue: 1 ( doiID: 10.13169/prometheus.37.issue-1 )

Pages: 86-90

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Varna University of Management, Varna, Bulgaria, e-mail: stanislav.ivanov@ 123456vumk.eu .

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Publisher ID: prometheus.37.1.0086

DOI: 10.13169/prometheus.37.1.0086

SO-VID: 2014b0b4-5c8a-45ad-b939-c8ed9cdf7d02

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The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation by Carl Benedikt Frey (2019) Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 465pp., $US30 (hardback) ISBN: 978-0-691-17279-8

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Bainbridge, L. (1983) 'Ironies of automation', Automatica, 19, 6, pp.775–9.
Baxter, G., Rooksby, J., Wang, Y. and Khajeh-Hosseini, A. (2012) 'The ironies of automation: still going strong at 30?' in Turner, P., Turner, S. and McGregor, I. (eds) Proceedings of the 30th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics, August, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp.65–71.
Budish, E., Cramton, P. and Shim, J. (2015) 'The high-frequency trading arms race: frequent batch auctions as a market design response', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 130, 4, pp.1547–1621.
Crootof, R. (2015) 'War, responsibility, and killer robots', North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, 40, 4, pp.909–32.
Gunkel, D. (2018) Robot Rights, MIT Press, Boston MA.
Ivanov, S. (2017) 'Robonomics – principles, benefits, challenges, solutions', Yearbook of Varna University of Management, 10, pp.283–93.
Ivanov, S. and Webster, C. (2017) 'The robot as a consumer: a research agenda', Proceedings of the Marketing: Experience and Perspectives Conference, Science and Economics, Varna, Bulgaria, June, pp.71–9.
Ivanov, S. and Webster, C. (2019) 'Conceptual framework of the use of robots, artificial intelligence and service automation in travel, tourism, and hospitality companies' in Ivanov, S. and Webster, C. (eds) Robots, Artificial Intelligence and Service Automation in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, UK, pp.7–37.
Ivanov, S., Kuyumdzhiev, M. and Webster, C. (2020) 'Automation fears: drivers and solutions', Technology in Society, 63, 101431.
Maurer, M., Gerdes, J., Lenz, B. and Winner, H. (eds) (2016) Autonomous Driving: Technical, Legal and Social Aspects, Springer Open, Berlin.
McDonough, B. and Bustillos Morales, J. (2020) Universal Basic Income, Routledge, Abingdon UK.
Nam, T. (2019) 'Citizen attitudes about job replacement by robotic automation', Futures, 109, pp.39–49.
Stevens, Y. and Marchant, G. (2017) 'Policy solutions to technological unemployment' in LaGrandeur, K. and Hughes, J. (eds) Surviving the Machine Age. Intelligent Technology and the Transformation of Human Work, Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp.117–30.
Strauch, B. (2017) 'Ironies of automation: still unresolved after all these years', IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 48, 5, pp.419–33.
Webster, C. and Ivanov, S. (2020) 'Demographic change as a driver for tourism automation', Journal of Tourism Futures, 6, 3, pp.263–70.
World Bank (2020) 'Fertility rate, total (births per woman)', available at https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN (accessed March 2020).

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[1] Bainbridge, L. (1983) 'Ironies of automation', Automatica, 19, 6, pp.775–9.

[2] Baxter, G., Rooksby, J., Wang, Y. and Khajeh-Hosseini, A. (2012) 'The ironies of automation: still going strong at 30?' in Turner, P., Turner, S. and McGregor, I. (eds) Proceedings of the 30th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics, August, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp.65–71.

[3] Budish, E., Cramton, P. and Shim, J. (2015) 'The high-frequency trading arms race: frequent batch auctions as a market design response', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 130, 4, pp.1547–1621.

[4] Crootof, R. (2015) 'War, responsibility, and killer robots', North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, 40, 4, pp.909–32.

[5] Gunkel, D. (2018) Robot Rights, MIT Press, Boston MA.

[6] Ivanov, S. (2017) 'Robonomics – principles, benefits, challenges, solutions', Yearbook of Varna University of Management, 10, pp.283–93.

[7] Ivanov, S. and Webster, C. (2017) 'The robot as a consumer: a research agenda', Proceedings of the Marketing: Experience and Perspectives Conference, Science and Economics, Varna, Bulgaria, June, pp.71–9.

[8] Ivanov, S. and Webster, C. (2019) 'Conceptual framework of the use of robots, artificial intelligence and service automation in travel, tourism, and hospitality companies' in Ivanov, S. and Webster, C. (eds) Robots, Artificial Intelligence and Service Automation in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, UK, pp.7–37.

[9] Ivanov, S., Kuyumdzhiev, M. and Webster, C. (2020) 'Automation fears: drivers and solutions', Technology in Society, 63, 101431.

[10] Maurer, M., Gerdes, J., Lenz, B. and Winner, H. (eds) (2016) Autonomous Driving: Technical, Legal and Social Aspects, Springer Open, Berlin.

[11] McDonough, B. and Bustillos Morales, J. (2020) Universal Basic Income, Routledge, Abingdon UK.

[12] Nam, T. (2019) 'Citizen attitudes about job replacement by robotic automation', Futures, 109, pp.39–49.

[13] Stevens, Y. and Marchant, G. (2017) 'Policy solutions to technological unemployment' in LaGrandeur, K. and Hughes, J. (eds) Surviving the Machine Age. Intelligent Technology and the Transformation of Human Work, Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp.117–30.

[14] Strauch, B. (2017) 'Ironies of automation: still unresolved after all these years', IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 48, 5, pp.419–33.

[15] Webster, C. and Ivanov, S. (2020) 'Demographic change as a driver for tourism automation', Journal of Tourism Futures, 6, 3, pp.263–70.

[16] World Bank (2020) 'Fertility rate, total (births per woman)', available at https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN (accessed March 2020).