When robots take routine middle-class jobs, those workers drop out of the workforce
by Cory Doctorow from on (#27MXF)
In Disappearing Routine Jobs: Who, How, and Why? economists from USC, UBC and Manchester University document how the automation of "routine" jobs (welders, bank tellers, etc) that pay middle class wages has pushed those workers out of the job market entirely, or pushed them into low-paying, insecure employment. (more")