MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Where Are the Robots?

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  • Elizabeth Crofoot, Frank Steemers, Gad Levanon
  • MIT Sloan Management Review
  • 2020

Automation fears distract from the real problem: too few blue-collar workers.

Following the Great Recession, anxiety intensified over the prospect of automation causing permanent, widespread unemployment. Feeding on public alarm, a large number of studies assessed the likely impact of future automation on jobs. Although some touted the potential for job creation, others predicted catastrophic job loss.

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