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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 874

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This is the grave of David Montgomery. Born in 1927, Montgomery grew up pretty well off, joined the Army Corps of Engineers shortly after World War II, working on the nuclear reservation in Los Alamos, and then went to Swarthmore College, graduating in 1950 with a...

A few members of the Trump Cult, Legal Division, had a very bad morning, and the details are glorious: https://twitter.com/AndrewFeinberg/status/1414637872355987459 https://twitter.com/AndrewFeinberg/status/1414638527674003469 https://twitter.com/AndrewFeinberg/status/1414639240747655177 https://twitter.com/AndrewFeinberg/status/1414639751441920005 https://twitter.com/AndrewFeinberg/status/1414653004498837515 Now we see the violence inherent.

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The Automation Crisis

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Whether you think automation is a serious issue for the future of work may depend on your prior perspective about the history of this issue. Many economists, Dean Baker among them, note that previous waves of automation did not lead to massive job losses. I would...
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