Abstract
To date, the Fordist wage-labour nexus has no follower. However, important transformations of work lead to question the re-foundation of a new wage-labour nexus. Three effects of the historical development of collective consumption, amplified by the weakening of the institutionalization of the Fordist wage-labour nexus, support this hypothesis. At this stage, it is not possible to ensure that a new institutional form involving work will come about through the increasing quality of both work and population. This chapter argues, however, that it cannot be done without this increase, since it already acts as a constraint on capital accumulation.