THE FUTURE OF WORK IN A HISTORICALLY VOLATILE ECONOMY: CASE STUDY OF FARM MACHINERY FACTORIES IN ARGENTINA.

Argentina remains the second largest South American economy and an important G20 member with the capacity to export and promise food security, in part because of a "common good" approach to factory work, where individuals check their self-interests for the sake of sustaining work in an environment prone to frequent crises. Drawing on interviews with social groups across different classes from eight farm machinery factories in Santa Fe province between 2016 and 2018, this article illustrates how social and economic crises brought an array of small-scale entrepreneurs, popular and labor organizations, and workers together to reach common good decisions. This article argues that groups develop both explicit and intuitive common good practices to reduce work disruption and keep factories operating. Finally, the article draws on interviews and historical examples of attitudes toward automation, the sharing economy, and gig work to examine how the Fourth Industrial Revolution may play out in Argentina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]