Jobs Threatened by Machines: A Once ‘Stupid’ Concern Gains Respect

As the idea sinks in that humans as workhorses might also be on the way out, what happens if the job market stops doing the job of providing a living wage for hundreds of millions of people? How will the economy spread money around, so people can afford to pay the rent?

Eduardo Porter

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