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Job automation: Speed of innovation could send economies towards stagnation | Oxford Martin School

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16 March 2015



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A new report from the Oxford Martin School and Citi calls for long term thinking to mitigate the negative effects of an ever more automated and digital economy.

The latest Citi GPS Report, Technology at Work: The Future of Innovation and Employment, explores trends in automation and points to sluggish job creation caused partly by increasing automation.

The report highlights the key challenges, explores some of the new technology brought on by the digital age and sets out an agenda for …




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