If the Robots Are Putting People Out of Work, Why Doesn't It Show Up in the Data?

A lot of people are making their living these days telling us that we aren't going to have any jobs because robots are going to do all the work. In this great country of ours, many are also making a very good living telling us that we are doomed by demographics, because we will not have enough children to support a growing population of retirees. And then we have those like Robert Samuelson who get paid to do both.

Here he is presenting the argument from Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAf...