Re:ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did
by rayiner on Thursday March 12, 2026 @01:40PM
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Correct. The story isn’t correct even in the original formulation. US population increased by 50% from 1980 to 2010, and the economy became far more financialized. But the number of bank teller jobs barely grew during that period, even before the iPhone.
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Re:ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did
by ChocMontePy on Thursday March 12, 2026 @05:42PM
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Yes, I was surprised that the ATM graphs weren't adjusted for population.
I used the Perspective tool in an image editor to give a rough idea of what the first graph would look like adjusted for population change: