The Debate
The Debate: Jobs, Robots and the Future of Work
Robots Create More Jobs than they Destroy: Erik Brynjolfsson
Robots may Destroy More Jobs than they Create. Robert Gordon
As machines take on more jobs, many find themselves out of work or with raises indefinitely postponed. Is this the end of growth? No, says Erik Brynjolfsson -- it’s simply the growing pains of a radically reorganized economy, with big innovations are ahead of us … if we think of computers as our teammates.
The US economy has been expanding wildly for two centuries. Are we witnessing the end of growth? Economist Robert Gordon lays out 4 reasons US growth may be slowing, detailing factors like epidemic debt and growing inequality, which could move the US into a period of stagnation we can't innovate our way out of.