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Ah Great!. so they created 230K jobs between 2010-2015. but: there was a ~200K jobs loss during the 2008 recession. So only 30K additional jobs between say 2010
by petra 10y ago
Ah Great!. so they created 230K jobs between 2010-2015. but: there was a ~200K jobs loss during the 2008 recession. So only 30K additional jobs between say 2010-2015.
How do robots enter the picture ? Hard to tell from the data.
- deelowe 10y agoThey dont. Theres nothing to say this data is correlated in any way.
- wheelerwj 10y agoPretty sure some research will indicate that the Robotic Industries Association is a lobbyist organization and not at all an unbiased in any way.
- fshean 10y agoActually according to the US Bureau of Labor there were 340,000 jobs lost in the auto industry from 2007 to 2009. So it's actually a net loss of 110,000. http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/04/art5full.pdf http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/04/art5full.pdf
- petra 10y agoThank you. Now the original article makes sense.
- jazzyk 10y agoAlso, some of the recent gains were driven by an unsustainable subprime auto loans - another mini-bubble about to burst. http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2016/09/30/losses-jump-for-subprime-auto-loans/ http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2016/09/30/losses-jump-for-su...