Solutions focus on globalization and job creation. Trump wants to cut taxes on the ruling class to stimulate job creation, and clinton proposes an increase in government sponsored work. They both oppose the Trans Pacific trade pact being pushed by obama. Neither of them, though, nor their fellow politicians down the ballot, pay much attention to what actually may be more important in the changing job scene, and that is automation. Think about it. A hundred years or so ago, nr less than two percent do. Why . The mechanization of farming. The same thing has been happening in every sector of the economy. Law offices used to employ dozens of scribes to type each individual document. Now, one person, using a computer, can do the work that used to require many. Robots are ubiquitous in factories, often replacing the majority of workers; telephone operators are vague memories, changed if not eliminated by automation, the speed of this change has accelerated to the point where some pundits are
Century, technology, automation was welcomed. Labor saving devices were thought to bring progress. Higher wages and shorter hours. That sort of view has changed in the 20th century, so that automation has emerged as a threat, something that takes away our jobs rather than provides us with a richer life, a fuller life, more stuff, more time to enjoy the things that we are making. Now, for some reason and this is what i call in my classes the great leisure mystery for some reason, weve about automation. We fear it. Its going to take away our jobs. I think i have an idea why this transformation occurred, but id just like to put it out there as a mystery. At one time we looked automation as a great boon. Technology brings us were talking about the threat. Peter fisher well, yeah. Just building on that, i think viewing automation as a problem. I guess id like to step back for a minute. Automation is just one form of increasing Labor Productivity which is historically the source of rising st
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