Do we need a robot tax for businesses?

Do we need a robot tax for businesses?

Cyber capital: taxing robots could help slow the pace of automation Credit: Getty Rob Waugh

Since Bill Gates made the case for taxing robots like human workers, governments worldwide have been weighing up how this would really affect the global economy

Self-driving lorries are going to be on Britain’s roads next year – part of a coming wave of automation that could see jobs such as drivers, security guards and even accountants swept away by a robotic revolution.This year, Bill Gates suggested a radical idea – that governments should tax these new robot “employees”, just like they do […]

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