Automation will increase the economic wealth gap

Tom Allen
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Automation will create extra wealth, but regulation is necessary to spread it across society

Without regulation, automation will only serve to make the rich richer, according to a new report. Two opposing schools of thought dominate the automation conversation. One says that it will sav...

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