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Robot-Proof Jobs

If you can't beat the robots, buy 'em

by David Brancaccio
Apr 26, 2017
Plus, how to use artificial intelligence to tackle income inequality.
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Robot-Proof Jobs

How to close the tech-job gap for minorities and low-income earners

by Marketplace Contributor
Apr 20, 2017
They have the highest risk of losing work to robots.
Seventy percent of LaunchCode’s students are making less than $30,000 a year.
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Robot-Proof Jobs

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers says taxing robots makes no sense

by David Brancaccio
Apr 19, 2017
The economist breaks down the flaws he sees in Bill Gates' proposal.
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Robot-Proof Jobs

Can Pittsburgh keep its workers from being replaced by smart machines?

by Erika Beras
Apr 19, 2017
The city is becoming a giant proving ground for automation and artificial intelligence.
A passenger looks on as he rides in a pilot model of an Uber self-driving car in Pittsburgh.
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Robot-Proof Jobs

What universal basic income could mean for the future of work

by David Brancaccio
Apr 18, 2017
As tech advances, some ask whether jobs are really necessary anymore.
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Robot-Proof Jobs

Trump keeps talking about trade, but he should be talking robots

by Jana Kasperkevic
Apr 10, 2017
Automation may be killing our jobs faster than you think. What’s a human to do?
President-elect Donald Trump puts on a miner's hat while speaking during a rally on May 5, 2016 in Charleston, West Virginia.   
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Robot-Proof Jobs

The coming age of robo-everything

by David Brancaccio
Apr 3, 2017
How will robots change our economy? One futurist argues it'll be as transformational as electricity.
"Technology is probably the most important force already, and that's going to become even more true in the future," says author Martin Ford.
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NAFTA Explained

What people get wrong when they talk about NAFTA

by Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios
Mar 24, 2017
Economist Marc Melitz says there are common misunderstandings about NAFTA.
Employees work in a manufacturing business in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
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NAFTA Explained

What if NAFTA was never created?

by Scott Tong
Mar 23, 2017
U.S. manufacturing jobs would still be lost to technology and China, economists say.
U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the North American Free Trade Agreement on December 8, 1993.
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UK farms replace EU migrants with machines

by Stephen Beard
Jan 9, 2017
With fewer EU migrants to take low-paid farm jobs, UK farmers look to automation.
Philip Garford stands next to the "Robo Crop" automatic weeding machine.
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