>We're seeing an up-tick in automation. We're actually not. Current trade policy discourages automation by pushing manufacturing to low wage countries attempti

>We're seeing an up-tick in automation. We're actually not. Current trade policy discourages automation by pushing manufacturing to low wage countries attempting export led growth instead. Those jeans you're wearing? Those toys in the store? Mostly assembled by a person I'm afraid. Those menial jobs are not being done by robots they are being done by cheap factory workers in Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, Mexico, etc. The US has actually had an uptick in the number of menial jobs created since the recession and a downtick in the number of skilled jobs. I think this "automation has accelerated since 2008" meme is simply a convenient excuse for the lost jobs that shifts blame away from the people who actually caused it. Similar to the "banning redlining caused the housing crisis" meme.