IN his review of my book “The Economic Consequences of Automation” (September 1, p. 444), Mr. Austen Albu, while giving me credit for the originality of my argument on the inflationary effect ...

With modern automation tools, businesses are empowered to surgically manage costs to emerge from economic downturns even stronger than before.

A variety of studies are using engineering information to determine which jobs will be automated next. While automation may be a question of engineering, job loss is even more a question of economics.

Daron Acemoglu is a professor of economics at MIT, a frequent contributor to Foreign Policy Magazine, and co-author of the book Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. He ...

The difficulty of foreseeing the jobs of the future is a theme of the third paper, by a trio of economic historians, on the history of automation angst.

A new study rebuts the notion that automation is eliminating jobs broadly in the economy, but does find technological advancement doesn't reward workers much with added income. Over the previous ...

The automation of jobs was already happening before 2020, but now the COVID-19 pandemic has kicked the trend into high gear.

In 2024—and beyond—there are three crucial mindset shifts that leaders must embrace to ensure AI drives these changes and accelerates economic growth.

How is automation affecting jobs and wages? An interesting economist survey on this subject from the University of Chicago’s IGM Forum: Let’s drill down into Question B answers weighted by ...

MR. AUSTEN ALBU'S reply to my protest against having been misrepresented in his review of my book “The Economic Consequences of Automation” (October 13, p. 816) contains two further ...