After globalization made it easier to move manufacturing and service jobs from rich to poor countries, growing automation now threatens to move jobs from humans to robots. A recent paper by two Oxford University economists estimates that up to 47% of all jobs in the US are at risk.
两股力量决定了这次辩论的结果。首先是技术变革。在全球化降低了将生产和服务岗位从富国转移到穷国的难度后，不断发展的自动化正威胁将工作从人转到机器人手中。两位牛津大学经济学家不久前合写的一篇论文估算美国有高达47%的工作都处在危险之中。