Why technology eliminates jobs but doesn’t increase the level of unemployment even though for more than 50 years that has been the worry.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- How fear of technology destroying jobs has been around for decades.
- What is the relationship between GDP growth, employment and productivity.
- How more and more jobs are involved in services dealing with complexity.
- What types of jobs are less likely to be replaced
Show Notes
Report by the National Commission on Technology, Automation and Economic Progress
Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
Labor Force, Employment and Earnings – 1977
What the future of work will mean for jobs, skills and wages – McKinsey Global Institute
Productivity and Unemployment – O. Blanchard, R. Solow and B.A. Wilson
How Cashews Explain Globalization – Wall Street Journal