Enrichment
Could Ernie replace Andy? The Bank’s take on automation
Jim Riley
17th November 2015
The Chief Economist of the Bank of England, Andy Haldane, has been in the news with his predictions that up to 15 million jobs in the UK are at risk of being lost to automation. This is a huge number, around half the total number of people in work today.
- Economics
- Blog
- Enrichment
- Capital labour substitution
- Structural unemployment
- Labour demand
- Labour market economics
- Demand for labour
Jim Riley
Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.
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