FACT CHECK: Do Robots Or Trade Threaten American Workers More?

FACT CHECK: Do Robots Or Trade Threaten American Workers More?

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and entrepreneur Andrew Yang talk during break in the Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN/New York Times. Are robots stealing workers’ jobs? At last week’s Democratic presidential debate, CNN moderator Erin Burnett dove into the thorny issue.

“According to a recent study, about a quarter of American jobs could be lost to automation in just the next 10 years,” she said, asking candidates how they would respond to this problem.

The question ultimately pitted two divergent worldviews against each other. One came from entrepreneur Andrew Yang, who has centered his campaign around what he perceives as […]

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