Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future

by Martin Ford

Income inequality has since soared to levels not seen since 1929, and it has become clear that the productivity increases that went into workers’ pockets back in the 1950s are now being retained almost entirely by business owners and investors.

The upshot of all this is that acquiring more education and skills will not necessarily offer effective protection against job automation in the future.