Automation will displace half of all workers. What needs to be done?
Bill Kelvie, April 18th, 2021 Over half of all births to young adults in the United States today occur outside of marriage, and most are unplanned. This trend is driving a growing class divide. At the top are “planners,” who
A future shortfall in Americans trained in science and engineering bodes ill not only for our economic well-being, but for our national security as well. – Arthur Herman, “America’s High-Tech STEM Crisis,” Forbes International competitors are chipping away at America’s
Background: For decades the United States has been unable to reverse its once proudly held lead in the education of its citizens. A number of major initiatives such as No Child Left Behind have been created and well funded but
The United States pioneered universal free primary education to provide literacy to its newly enfranchised citizens. We flourished. It then led the world in the industrial era on the strength of the free high schools that provided skills to build
Notes from New Hampshire, Summer, 2019 On July 26th, a group of colleagues including this writer were invited to participate in a discussion at the University of New Hampshire titled the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Business and Society.Our host,
Anything is possible: today was the day a group of dedicated, everyday New Yorkers & their neighbors defeated Amazon’s corporate greed, its worker exploitation, and the power of the richest man in the world. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Newly elected Congresswoman from
In 2016, I began to devote time each day to study the impact of automation on employment in the United States. At the time, I held the simple belief that significant portions of the workforce were at high risk as
Thinking About 47% Unemployment Thus for the first time since his creation man will be faced with his real, his permanent problem-how to use his freedom from pressing economic cares, how to occupy the leisure, which science and compound
Labor markets in the United States are being affected by the changing nature of work, including the decline of paid labor in the production of goods and services. Some would say that a shift is underway that will lead to