Information technology and artificial intelligence
are disrupting the job market across the world on a scale that seems
unstoppable. Every economy, major or minor, is or will be affected, in
different ways and to different degrees. But it will almost certainly shrink
the work force, and not just in the unskilled sectors.
The logic of automation is fewer workers per unit of output
irrespective of everything else. So steel, construction and mining, for
example, have seen drastic reduction