How Advancing Automation May Affect Occupations

05/09/2019 10 min
How Advancing Automation May Affect Occupations

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Episode Synopsis

Sungki Hong, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, talks about which occupations may be more affected by automation than others; what motivates firms to automate jobs; and the many forms automation may take, including machines, programs and self-driving cars.