Fears of technology-induced unemployment have penetrated media headlines and policy discourse in both advanced and developing countries. A water jet harvester works rows of romaine lettuce near Soledad, California, United States, 3 May, 2017 (Photo: Reuters/Michael Fiala). In 2017, economists Carl Frey and Michael Osborne concluded that 47 per cent of jobs in the United States were at high risk of automation. A range of replications and extensions have made similar claims. The World Development Report 2016 asserts that 68.9 per cent of jobs in India are at high risk — and that number remains at 42.6 per cent […]
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