Re: FW Some hard questions about a Basic Income 1

[Tom Walker]

I should add the historical note that the congressional committee hearings
and their sanguine conclusion happened before the 1957-58 recession, the
first really big post-war recession. Worries about automation picked up
during and after the recession.

>Arthur Cordell wrote,
>
>>I recall reading the report of a US Commission (presidential or Senate?) 
>>looking at automation.  Was it in the 50's?  It seemed to come to the
>>conclusion 'nothing to worry about.' 
>
>There were hearings of the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization of the
>Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress in 1955 at which Diebold
>testified on "Automation and Technological Change". 

Regards, 

Tom Walker
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