Britain faces social unrest because swathes of people are set to lose their jobs in robot revolution, Bank of England’s chief economist warns

Britain faces social unrest because swathes of people are set to lose their jobs in robot revolution, Bank of England's chief economist warns

There are calls for a massive skills drive to find employment for those set to be affected by the next wave of automation (file picture) There are calls for a massive skills drive to find employment for those set to be affected by the next wave of automation (file picture)

Britain faces the threat of social unrest as robots take ‘swathes’ of jobs, the Bank of England’s chief economist warned today.

Andy Haldane said the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution will see ‘the machine replacing humans doing thinking things’.He cautioned that the ‘dark side’ of the change could be disruption on a […]

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