While old fears that automation and artificial intelligence would cause widespread structural unemployment have never been borne out, technology and globalization have put downward pressure on wages for all but the most skilled workers in the advanced economies. Capital’s share of national income has increased, while labor’s share has fallen.
无可否认，科技推动的增长也会带来某些风险。当自动化和人工智能将导致广泛结构性失业的旧忧虑还未彻底被撇除之时，科技和全球化已经对发达国家中几乎所有高技术工人群体造成了工资压力。国民收入中的资本收入比例不断上升，而劳动报酬所占比例则不断下降。但实施一些限制潜在生产力提升技术的政策则是极端愚蠢之举。