Previously, this platform has looked at commentary from various quarters discussing the impact of automation on employment, and therefore on the economy at large…

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Aug 5, 2015

Why hiking minimum wages is a bad thing

By Saahil Parekh, 5 August 2015

Proposals for increasing minimum wages in many parts of the world are abound, and this issue is likely going to become a political issue in the upcoming US elections in 2016. The following graph from The…

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Aug 1, 2015

Lesson from 1945: Striking Taxi and Tube Drivers and the Threat of Automation

By Siddharth Singh, 1st August 2015

An interesting anecdote about automated elevators from the 1940s provides an insight into how disruptive technologies go mainstream…

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Jul 22, 2015

Understanding the Impact of Robots on Employment — Part 4

By Siddharth Singh, 22nd July 2015

This write-up on self-driven trucks on Medium is worth a read. The title is appropriately, ‘Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driven Truck’. Because…

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Jul 15, 2015

The fear and regulation of Artificial Intelligence

By Siddharth Singh, 15th July 2015

In the last several months, Elon Musk and Professor Stephen Hawking — two thought leaders in science and technology — have voiced their fear of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This…

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Jun 16, 2015

Understanding the impact of robots on employment — A Prequel

By Siddharth Singh, 16th June, 2015

Among other disruptions, this blog intends to look at conversations surrounding the increasing automation of the global economy — and its impact on the employment…

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Jun 2, 2015

Understanding the Impact of Robots on Employment — Part 3

By Siddharth Singh, 2nd June, 2015

What should the ideal minimum wage be?

While some free market advocates* argue that there should be no minimum wage at all as it distorts the…

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May 15, 2015

Understanding the Impact of robots on employment — Part 2

By Siddharth Singh, 15th May, 2015

In an earlier post, we looked at a paper co-authored by Jeff Sachs on the impact of automation on jobs (“…increase in robotic productivity will temporarily raise output…

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Apr 16, 2015

Job Maximization, Not Profit

By Saahil Parekh, 16th April 2015

This is the age of freelancers and entrepreneurs, heavily reliant on the Internet, who believe in creating employment for themselves by seeking profits in very niche segments hitherto unexplored. This often involves…