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Candidates are discussing immigration, tariffs and outsourcing because that's actually affecting jobs in the US and people who work on the factory lines know it
by asdfman123 7y ago
Candidates are discussing immigration, tariffs and outsourcing because that's actually affecting jobs in the US and people who work on the factory lines know it.
Automation is a scary specter off in the distance but it's not as actively harmful to people's livelihoods.
- jordache 7y agoppl are stupid. reactionary strategy is way less effective than proactive.
- aiyodev 7y ago> Automation is a scary specter off in the distance but it's not as actively harmful to people's livelihoods. http://nber.org/papers/w23285 http://nber.org/papers/w23285 > According to our estimates, one more robot per thousand workers reduces the employment to population ratio by about 0.18-0.34 percentage points and wages by 0.25-0.5 percent. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/opinion/trump-robots-electoral-college.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/opinion/trump-robots-elec... > No single factor such as tech-driven worker anxiety determines local political behavior. But there’s no mistaking that districts that voted Republican in the 2018 election are subject to higher levels of automation exposure.