The story of how technological progress is affecting employment — whether, in other words, the robots are eating our jobs — is clearly an important one. But who’s telling it correctly? I believe that technological unemployment (and underemployment) is a real and growing phenomenon.
Manufacturing Jobs and the Rise of the Machines
The story of whether robots are eating our jobs is an important one. But who’s telling it correctly?
January 29, 2013
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