Labor economists have been warning the public about the consequences of automation for years. Today, many experts say that automation and artificial intelligence are more responsible for the decline in manufacturing jobs than globalization. More and more retail stores are shutting down because of online shopping or they’re replacing human cashiers with self checkout lanes and self driving cars are poised to take over the ride share and trucking industry in the not so far away future. Which begs the question, what’s going to happen to all those workers?
In January, Finland randomly picked 2,000 citizens between the ages […]
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