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How govts can generate good, stable jobs

How govts can generate good, stable jobs

The study defined a good job as stable formal-sector employment that enables at least a middle-class lifestyle by a region’s standards. NEW DELHI: The lack of good jobs is one of the most significant issues affecting societies globally. A combination of technological and economic forces, such as globalization , automation and the gradual decline of public sector jobs, is causing social unrest in developing and developed countries alike.

A new paper by Dani Rodrik of the Harvard Kennedy School of Public Policy and Charles Sabel from the Columbia Law School highlights the underlying causes of the global jobs crisis while […]

The Good Life After Work

The Good Life After Work

Almost all “robots are coming” stories follow a tried-and-true pattern. “Shop Direct puts 2,000 UK jobs at risk,” screams a typical headline. Then, quoting from authoritative reports from prestigious institutes and think tanks, the article in question usually alarms audiences with extravagant estimates of “jobs at risk” – that is, percentages of workers whose livelihoods are threatened by high-tech automation. To quote another representative example: “A new report suggests that the marriage of [artificial intelligence] and robotics could replace so many jobs that the era of mass employment could come to an end.”

Sometimes, this bleak outlook is […]

Walmart Is Deploying Thousands Of Robots To Replace Human Workers — What This Means For Your Job

Walmart Is Deploying Thousands Of Robots To Replace Human Workers -- What This Means For Your Job

Walmart proudly announced a new addition to its stores: lots of robots. The robots will take the place of humans and engage in routine tasks, such as scanning shelf inventory and boxes as they arrive into the stores. Walmart contends that the influx of robots will reduce the number of workers engaged in "repeatable, predictable and manual" tasks.

At first blush, this seems relatively innocuous. However, when you consider the deeper and darker ramifications, things start to look frightening. There have been studies conducted heralding the introduction of robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other technologies. The reports conclude that this […]

Take time to look ahead at Waukesha 2035 event

Take time to look ahead at Waukesha 2035 event

What will Waukesha County’s economy and business community look like in 2035? Waukesha 2035 , a new BizTimes Media event focused on competing in a new era of innovation, will examine that question, and more. Greg Satell The event ( click here to register ) will take place from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday, April 26 at The Ingleside Hotel in Waukesha.

Greg Satell , author, advisor and Harvard Business Review contributor will provide the keynote address.

The event will also feature presentations by W. Kent Lorenz, retired chairman and CEO of Waukesha-based industrial automation firm Acieta LLC, […]

AI could disrupt workforce in every sector by 2030, Brookfield report finds

AI could disrupt workforce in every sector by 2030, Brookfield report finds

Within the next 10 to 15 years, the Canadian workforce could face complex forces ranging from automation to digitalization, as technology begins to progressively assimilate into daily life. As part of its Employment in 2030 project, a new report by the Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship explored the various trends compelling these big changes in Canada’s workforce. “Imagining possible futures can allow us to anticipate and plan more effectively for what’s to come.” The Turn and Face the Strange report used strategic foresight research methods to answer the broader “what if” questions that surround the future of employment […]

Energy, employment and economic growth: Kemp

Energy, employment and economic growth: Kemp

LONDON (Reuters) – Policymakers in the advanced economies are increasingly worried by the economic, social and political disruption resulting from the decline of traditional manual jobs in manufacturing, mining and distribution. FILE PHOTO: Job seekers wait to speak with staff at a National Agency for Employment (Pole Emploi) office in Aubervilliers, near Paris, France, December 20, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Globalization, trade, migration, the rise of the internet, and the advent of artificial intelligence/robotization have all been blamed for the adverse impact on those who make a living from manual labor.

In reality, the loss of manual employment is the extension […]

Energy, employment and economic growth

Energy, employment and economic growth

Reuters (The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.)

LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) – Policymakers in the advanced economies are increasingly worried by the economic, social and political disruption resulting from the decline of traditional manual jobs in manufacturing, mining and distribution.

In reality, the loss of manual employment is the extension of a trend dating back more than 200 years that has gradually replaced physical jobs in agriculture, mining and manufacturing with service sector employment.Relatively rapid change in employment, energy consumption and industrial patterns has been both the stimulus to, and the consequence of, economic […]

Energy, employment and economic growth: Kemp

Energy, employment and economic growth: Kemp

LONDON (Reuters) – Policymakers in the advanced economies are increasingly worried by the economic, social and political disruption resulting from the decline of traditional manual jobs in manufacturing, mining and distribution. FILE PHOTO: Job seekers wait to speak with staff at a National Agency for Employment (Pole Emploi) office in Aubervilliers, near Paris, France, December 20, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Globalization, trade, migration, the rise of the internet, and the advent of artificial intelligence/robotization have all been blamed for the adverse impact on those who make a living from manual labor.

In reality, the loss of manual employment is the extension […]

AI and the future of work: Main changes to expect in the next years

AI and the future of work: Main changes to expect in the next years

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here to stay, and many people are not happy. After all, it is hard to embrace something that could displace about 40 per cent of human jobs in the next 15 years. In an interview for CBS’s 60 minutes, Kai-Fu Lee (a Chinese AI expert) also mentioned truck drivers, chauffeurs, waiters, and chefs as some of the professions that will be disrupted.

That right there must have hit a nerve. However, everything is about to change because this article highlights some of the reasons you should not fear AI. And even if you were to ask […]

Look out for I, Robot: 8 jobs soon to be lost to automation

Look out for I, Robot: 8 jobs soon to be lost to automation

While Jordan Peele’s psychological thriller "Us" put viewers on edge about doppelgangers , robots with the capacity to automate tasks might present a more pressing fear in 2019.

According to artificial intelligence experts, automation will swallow up certain jobs. And this is not in some distant future. Predictions call for this AI revolution to eliminate jobs beginning this year and growing for the foreseeable future.

AI expert and venture capitalist Kai-Fu Lee told "60 Minutes" he anticipated robots will affect 40 percent of the world’s jobs. "I believe it’s going to change the world more than anything in the history of […]