"With employers struggling to hire enough workers, reliance on automation is becoming more of a necessity than just a source of competitive advantage."

"Throw in the short-term dangers of recession as well as the extra impetus given by the pandemic to the already rapid increase in automation, and it is hard to believe that the labor shortage will be with us for very long."

"The trends affecting our towns and cities start globally with technology. We can make a lot more with fewer people, and we're all buying a lot more online. That means new opportunities as well, but these are considered lower status jobs."

>"Among the areas of life affected by the pandemic, work is perhaps the sphere that has been most radically reshaped."

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"The US is now selling as much stuff as in 2019 with 6 million fewer workers. From here, companies can choose to do more with less, or more with more."

"There were 37,000 AI job postings in the first quarter of this year."

>"The last year widened the chasm between rich and poor."

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"America risks getting left behind as rivals back automation." "It is good but many unemployed people will doesn't get jobs by this decision."

Technology didn’t depress wages—until it did. The hidden story in one macroeconomic indicator could explain why."

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