Ray, I'm afraid you haven't read Dean Baker's response carefully. He's not saying all that bad stuff won't happen. What he is saying is that it doesn't have to happen. It isn't the inevitable result of technology but the result of bad policy that responds inappropriately to the technology.
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Ray Harrell <[email protected]> wrote: > Nonsense. Robotics destroyed my home town and destroyed the families and > the culture in the hometown. It destroyed the culture of the Arts in > America while making capitalists rich. There is a 98 % decline in jobs in > the Arts business. I make less than half what I paid my teachers in > 1970 dollars and I'm at the top of my profession. Productivity is a > mirage for people to hide behind while they steal the competent blind. > They are doing it now to the teachers in the schools and returning teaching > to the ghetto it was on the Quapaw reservation before my father changed > it. I don't know where you get this stuff Tom. I've lived through it > several times and the NYTimes is correct. **** > > ** ** > > REH**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tom Walker > *Sent:* Sunday, August 19, 2012 12:19 PM > *To:* RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION > *Subject:* Re: [Futurework] NYTimes.com: Skilled Work, Without the Worker* > *** > > ** ** > Dean Baker's response to that article is excellent:****Robots Don't Cost > Jobs, Bad Economic Policy Does**** > > [image: > Print]<http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/robots-dont-cost-jobs-bad-economic-policy-does/print> > **** > > > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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