Monday, 9 January 2017

Worker Free Products - Yet Again


A short post, this one, just to flag up further stuff about this issue and its consequences for us all. 

Driverless cars are on the way as we are all aware. I for one will be pleased when I can sit having a coffee while my car does the driving. But the consequences of the much more imminent onset of driverless trucks are much less relaxing. This article in the Guardian is typical of many on the subject:

 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/17/self-driving-trucks-impact-on-drivers-jobs-us

You can add this to the other examples I set out in my article on the problem at 

https://whysgetsserious.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/about-economics.html