Aaron Benanav is an economic historian, social theorist and post-doctoral researcher at Humboldt University and SCRIPTS Berlin.

His work focuses on the history of labour market dynamics and unemployment, the future of capitalism and the challenges and opportunities of automation. His 2020 book “Automation and the future of Work” was a consensus shattering reply to the prevailing discourse on automation, which has too often ignored the dynamics of capitalism and the world economy.