Column: Robots changing employment patterns across America

Column: Robots changing employment patterns across America

AS IF there were not enough uncertainty surrounding the slow-growth economy in the United States, robots now threaten to replace four in 10 jobs within the next 15 years or so.

At least, that is, according to the latest estimate by Price Waterhouse Coopers consulting. Asked about robots’ impact on the workforce, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he isn’t worried, and that the problem isn’t even on his radar, at least for now.

Will we be displaced by robots? The short answer is: yes and no.According to the Association for Advancing Automation, 136,748 robots were shipped to U.S. customers between […]

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