David Autor on the Future of Work and Polanyi's Paradox
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Is the Productivity Increasing?
I think the case for optimism and it, which I don't want to make too strongly is, you know, the productivity ultimately benefits it cruises to humans. The question that states primarily is not one of lack of wealth. It's one of income distribution. And if actually labor does become less scarce, at least for large groups of workers, how do we organize society in a way that people still have purpose and, and a structure that gives meaning to what they do? You want to talk about policies? Or do you think policies?
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