The Rise of the Robots Impact on Unemployment and Inequality

The fear that machines might someday displace workers and produce long-term structural unemployment has a long history, stretching back, at a minimum, to the Luddite revolts that took place in England just over two hundred years ago. In the years since, the alarm has been raised again and again. One...

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Published inConfronting Dystopia pp. 27 - 45
Main Author Ford, Martin
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press 15.06.2018
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Summary:The fear that machines might someday displace workers and produce long-term structural unemployment has a long history, stretching back, at a minimum, to the Luddite revolts that took place in England just over two hundred years ago. In the years since, the alarm has been raised again and again. One of the most notable instances occurred in March of 1964, when a prominent group of intellectuals sent a formal document known as the “Triple Revolution Report” to President Lyndon Johnson. The report warned that industrial automation was poised to throw millions of people out of work and create economic and
ISBN:9781501719844
150171984X
DOI:10.7591/9781501719868-003