Marketplace Tech Report for Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Jan 2, 2013

Marketplace Tech Report for Wednesday, January 2, 2013

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A recent piece by New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman called "Robots and Robber Barons" took a look at a question we are familiar with: Are robots eating our jobs? Krugman stops by to share his take on automation, technological change, and the future of the work and wages in America. 

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Paul Krugman on tech's great divergence

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Economist Paul Krugman talks about a new direction in 'the technology universe' that has taken shape over the last decade.

A recent piece by New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman called “Robots and Robber Barons” took a look at a question we are familiar with: Are robots eating our jobs? Krugman stops by to share his take on automation, technological change, and the future of the work and wages in America. 

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