Manufacturing output in the US has more than doubled in the last 3 decades, but the number of jobs in the sector has shrunk from 17.5M to 12.4M [1] The main re

Manufacturing output in the US has more than doubled in the last 3 decades, but the number of jobs in the sector has shrunk from 17.5M to 12.4M [1] The main reason for this is automation. I think the right question to ask is how to make the productivity from automation benefit more the workers? [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/07/25/most-americans-unaware-that-as-u-s-manufacturing-jobs-have-disappeared-output-has-grown/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/07/25/most-americ...