IPPR | Managing automation Employment, inequality and ethics in the digital age 1
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Contents…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1Summary …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..2Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..61. Work will be transformed by automation, not eliminated ………………………..8 The theory of technological joblessness, or not …………………………………8 The story so far …………………………………………………………………………………… 9 How it might play out this time ………………………………………………………… 15 Automation and the changing nature of work ……………………………………17 Automation and the UK economy ……………………………………………………… 182. In the absence of policy intervention, the most likely outcome of automation is an increase in inequalities of wealth, income and power …24 A falling labour share of income ………………………………………………………. 24 Platforms, automation and inequality ……………………………………………… […]
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