Tag: Effects of automation

  • Does technology help or hurt employment?

    Does technology help or hurt employment?

    This is part 2 of a two-part MIT News feature examining new job creation in the U.S. since 1940, based on new research from Ford Professor of Economics David Autor. Part 1 is available here. Ever since the Luddites were destroying machine looms, it has been obvious that new technologies can wipe out jobs. But…

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