The Employment Dilemma

A Report to the Club of Rome

By Orio Giarini, Patrick M. Leidtke


Introductory Note:


Work is essential to the exercise of personal dignity, as it is both a right and a fundamental duty of every citizen. Moreover, work is the main factor involved in the creation of wealth needed to contribute to the development of every society and to peace between all countries. Thus the extraordinary importance of the employment dilemma and the future of work in a world where everything has become increasingly interconnected, interdependent and complex, and where a vast feeling of uncertainty has pervaded us all. 


The Club of Rome has been discussing this issue for many years now, particularly in the wake of a series of talks given by our colleague on the Executive Committee, Orio Giarini, whom we finally asked to head a team entrusted with writing a possible new Report to the Club of Rome on the subject. READ FULL REPORT