1. Class Struggle in Robot Utopia.
- Author
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Frase, Peter
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AUTOMATION , *WORKING class , *ROBOTS , *EFFECT of technological innovations on employees , *EFFECT of technological innovations on industrial productivity , *ECONOMICS - Abstract
The article discusses the impact of automation on the working class in the U.S. It notes that the working class fears to be replaced by robots due to technological advances. It provides a background on the rapid automation of manufacturing in 1970s and how the Black workers were affected by the pressure of automation. It notes that the technological advances bring slow productivity growth instead of an increase in economic productivity.
- Published
- 2016
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