has cultivated a nostalgic imperial-nationalism that has been instrumental in driving the war fever in Addis Ababa and parts of Amhara region, and Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen has connived with this effort. Legions
These people are excellent at their jobs I was compelled by a recent piece on the history of Russia’s attitudes towards Ukraine to post an enthusiastic, if disappointingly thinly answered, paean to the journalists of the Economist on my Facebook page. To be able to combine history, journali...
On the other side, there are sharp rises in professional jobs, office and administrative jobs, and other “services” jobs. In short, part of a dynamic US economy has always involved dramatic shifts in jobs. US jobs have been undergoing dramatic evolution for decades. At present, the share...
Ben Wilner: There are so many jobs out there, again, such as being a management consultant, such as going to do additional study to become an accountant, you can work within finance, you can go work within businesses studying how to set prices for various products. There are so many dif...
China is a developing country. And China also has some companies. They are doing their driverless taxis business. But many people in China, they will be worried about that. The drivers will lose their jobs to AI. So generally speaking, what do you think of the impact of AI on employment...
LEVITT: Uber embodies what economists believe should happen with the labor market, because one of the real problems with jobs in places like the U.S. is that they tend to be full-time or part-time.And you have to be there for 40 hours; you have to be there from 9 to 5; you have...
I sincerely hope that those who assert that automation will make us more effective and pave the way for new occupations are right, but the reality of automations detrimental effects on workers makes me skeptical. No one can currently say where the new jobs are coming from or when, and any ...
played a role in exporting good jobs to Asia. Atkinson makes the point that it is not just about insuring that all members of society have an equality of opportunity to make the best of their talents and abilities but that we should also pay attention to equality of outcomes. A similar ...
China is a developing country. And China also has some companies. They are doing their driverless taxis business. But many people in China, they will be worried about that. The drivers will lose their jobs to AI. So generally speaking, what do you think of the impact of AI on employment...
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