IPPR – Greater inequality not mass job losses most likely outcome of automation

New IPPR analysis shows that £290billion wages associated with jobs that could be automated

The total level of wages associated with jobs that have the technical potential to be automated in the UK is £290 billion per year, which represents 33% of all wages and earnings from labour in the economy, according to a new report published by IPPR, the progressive policy think tank, for the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice. The report further shows that low-wage jobs have more potential to be automated than high-wage jobs.

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