Are Robots An Employment Problem Or An Income Problem?

Are Robots An Employment Problem Or An Income Problem?

I want to leave aside for this post about robots the question of whether or not they will take all of our jobs. Instead, I want to focus on what kind of a problem that will be. In a recent presentation , Betsey Stevenson argues there are two questions presented by automation and robots: Employment question: Can we find fulfilling ways to spend our time? Income question: Can we find a stable and fair distribution of income? This is a good way to think about it. Stevenson worries more about the second than the first, writing: I am confident […]

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