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Robot Revolution - The Jobs Most at Risk

Geoff Riley

15th September 2015

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Just as the financial crisis prompted a tsunami of books dissecting the causes of the Great Recession and the challenge to Economics as a discipline, in recent months we have also seen a flurry of research reports on the likely impact of robots on both the level and pattern of employment in rich countries.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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