Technology has not been the swift ‘job destroying tsunami’ many predicted, and more of it will be needed to raise pay and productivity for everyone

Technology has not been the swift ‘job destroying tsunami’ many predicted, and more of it will be needed to raise pay and productivity for everyone

Accept Functional cookies to view the content. Fears about robots taking people’s jobs are overplayed, as their negative impacts on some people’s pay and jobs have been offset by gains elsewhere, and the real fear to overcome should be Britain’s lack of productivity-enhancing robots, software, AI and other technologies, according to new Resolution Foundation and LSE research published today (Thursday).

Adopt, adapt and improve – the 31 st report for The Economy 2030 Inquiry, a collaboration with the LSE, funded by the Nuffield Foundation – examines how technological change over recent decades has led to changes in the labour […]

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