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The artificial stupidity of our politics is no match for the rise of artificial intelligence

2 January 2014

Perhaps we simply assume that technological progress will always create more jobs than it destroys. It would seem reasonable to do so - after all, 2013 was the year when the number of people in work reached thirty million for the first time in our history. Despite the overall rise in employment, the warning signs are clear: ''What is sobering is that we have already seen convincing evidence of the impact of technology on the job market. Alan Manning of the London School of Economics coined the term 'job polarisation' a decade ago, when he discovered that employment in the UK had been rising for people at the top and the bottom of the income scale. There was more demand for lawyers and burger flippers. It was middle-skill jobs that were disappearing.''

This article was posted on Conservative Home online on January 2, 2014
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Alan Manning webpage
Labour Markets Programme webpage
Community Programme webpage

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