Churchill: Self-driving cars will run over workers

Churchill: Self-driving cars will run over workers

Albany

The election of Donald Trump was supposed to be a wake-up call. The shock of his success, we were told, would lead the political establishment to finally start paying attention to working-class Americans and forgotten workers.

Has that happened?Well, an optimist could point out that manufacturing jobs have been roaring back since Trump’s election. A pessimist, though, need only note the attitude among Republicans and Democrats alike toward a big technological change coming our way: self-driving cars.Now, corporate America is thrilled about autonomous vehicles, as they’re also called, and for an obvious reason: Many companies will save gobs […]

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