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and this is Money Talks.

Later in the programme, now that Article 50 has been triggered, is Dublin,

Britain's best friend among the EU27, pushing for the closest possible trading links.

There'd be very high tariff barriers going from Ireland into Britain and that would have a devastating

effect on that particular part of the economy.

And despite Japan's workforce growing by more than 2.2 million, wage gains aren't enough to lift inflation to the Bank of Japan's 2%

target.

80 hours of overtime is considered the so-called Karoshi line, that's the line beyond

which people become vulnerable to death by overwork.

But to start, in the early 20th century the future seemed bright for horse employment.

Within 50 years however, cars and tractors made short work of equine livelihoods.

Some futurists see a cautionary tale for humanity in the fate of the horse.

As robots grow more nimble, humans look increasingly vulnerable.

A new working paper concludes that between 1990 and 2007, each industrial robot added per thousand workers reduced

employment in the US by nearly six workers. I'm joined from our New York office

by senior editor Ryan Avent.

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