Automation

Automation, labor market institutions, and the middle class

Welcome & Presentation: Automation – A guide for policymakers Presentation: A tale of two workers – The macroeconomics of automation Presentation: Automation, organized labor, and the employment trajectories of workers Read More

Administrative assistant jobs helped propel many women into the middle class. Now they’re disappearing.

By THE WASHINGTON POST Rita Maxwell had no idea she was about to lose the job she’d had for nearly 20 years when her boss told her to meet him Read More

ROBOTS & AI: What a great time to live in this new “revolution”

There is the argument that robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Automation will get rid of millions of jobs. This happens to be a fact. However, technology now allows us Read More

UGANDA: Opposition leaders need to plan for future – @HeBobiWine @MugushaMuntu @KizzaBeaigye @FDCoffilial1

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) ran a story earlier this year (2019) titled “A Wake-Up Call for Grads: Entry-Level Jobs Aren’t So Entry Level Any More”. WSJ is running that Read More

TECHNOLOGY: A Swiss house built by robots (PHOTOS)

A Swiss house built by robots promises to revolutionize the construction industry By QUARTZ Erecting a new building ranks among the most inefficient, polluting activities humans undertake. The construction sector is Read More

AUTOMATION: Workers need protection from robots

If a corporation eliminated jobs through automation, the Federal Automation and Worker Protection Agency would require the company to offer their workers new jobs with equal pay, or a severance Read More

NEWS: Facebook page PERIL OF AFRICA has you covered

A note to my followers from the East African Community (EAC): I curate / aggregate news from key media in The Great Lakes. It is automated. I use an App.Read More