Study says spending cuts gain encouraged rise of robots and AI and heightened job insecurity,particularly for womenAusterity budgets adopted by governments across the world since the 2008 financial crash are to blame for undermining the job security of millions of workers and threatening the progress made by women in the workplace, according to a UN report.
The threat to jobs from the growing exercise of robots and artificial intelligence has been exacerbated by a lack of government investment and lack of state support for skills training, and the report also said. Related: Two million UK families face £50-a-week cut in income Related: We gain the power to create the economy we want – let’s exercise it | Tom Kibasi Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com