Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich vocalized his support for a universal base income last week, calling the proposal almost inevitable in the face of technology-induced job loss. (HarvardEthics/Flickr/Creative Commons) The disappearance of jobs in America has as much to do with the power of global capital to move where and when it wants and the ability, post-crisis, of businesses to squeeze more and more productivity out of the few workers they keep, as it does with technology making certain professions obsolete.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 16:17:49 +0000