A reassuring take on the history of automation as a labour substitute. While I'd like to believe the fundamental message here still holds from 2015, recent advances make me a little less confident that the following continues to be true - "many of the middle-skill jobs that persist in the future will combine routine technical tasks with the set of nonroutine tasks in which workers hold comparative advantage: interpersonal interaction, flexibility, adaptability, and problem solving."
(for any put off by the length, the paper is very comprehensively referenced. The actual content is 25ish pages)
(for any put off by the length, the paper is very comprehensively referenced. The actual content is 25ish pages)