Re:What the Fourth Industrial Revolution Looks Like
by YokoZar on Thursday April 16, 2015 @12:50AM
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It's not necessarily the case that cost-lowering innovations will drive demand for labor down, even without increases in capacity. Usability innovations are often of this variety.
If I can hire two people who work half as fast but at 1/4 the price each because they require no special skills, I can profitably produce the same goods with half the input costs and a net doubling of the employment I create.
Such innovations certainly exist, and there are even some reasons to expect they'll be more common in the future: an uneven distribution of income means more places to find cheaper labor.
If I can hire two people who work half as fast but at 1/4 the price each because they require no special skills, I can profitably produce the same goods with half the input costs and a net doubling of the employment I create.
Such innovations certainly exist, and there are even some reasons to expect they'll be more common in the future: an uneven distribution of income means more places to find cheaper labor.