LISTEN: Brian Alexander on NPR talks about "Robotizing Swing States"
Brian Alexander, author of
Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town, was on NPR's WGBH station to discuss how "automation’s ripple effects have transformed small towns economically, socially, and politically." Listen
here.
❝ One of the ways presidential candidate Donald Trump appealed to workers across America in 2016 was by promising them that he’d bring back jobs. The promise was appealing. Over the last few decades, automation has swept through industrialized areas and displaced thousands of blue collar workers.
While many technologists believe that automation is a solution for the country's economic problems, one that actually creates new jobs and pushes the economy forward, there are two sides to every story. Brian Alexander, author of "Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town," says that he’s seen factory workers in his home state of Ohio struggle to adapt to new technologies. And as robots took on more factory jobs, they were left feeling “increasingly disposable.” [WGBH.org]
| BRIAN ALEXANDER is a columnist & author of several books, including Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town. Watch him speak at the Obama Foundation Summit below, and learn more about booking Brian for your next event today. |
