The paradox of automation
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2016
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
During his campaign, Donald Trump promised to bring back millions of manufacturing jobs—but they aren't going to be there. We hear what kinds of new employment are being created—and what the new economy will mean for today's blue-collar workers.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.6 | The paradox of automation. |
| 0:13.9 | Hello again, I'm on Allney, and this is To the Point. Many American workers are panicked about automation for good reason. |
| 0:20.7 | Computers and robots are replacing more and more men and women. |
| 0:24.8 | The upside is that technological change creates new jobs, at the same time it takes old jobs away, but there's a kicker. |
| 0:31.8 | The new jobs are very different. |
| 0:34.3 | That means re-education, relocation, and other adjustments that can sometimes be painful. |
| 0:40.3 | It's also a fundamental challenge to Donald Trump, who promised to bring back the old manufacturing |
| 0:45.3 | jobs for blue-collar workers. They aren't going to be there. On our talking point later, |
| 0:50.6 | a new level of political partisanship in North Carolina. First, here's the news. |
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| 1:29.3 | Hello again, Warren Allie, back with To The Point. |
| 1:31.3 | During his campaign, Donald Trump promised to bring back millions of manufacturing jobs, but they aren't going to be there. |
| 1:37.0 | We'll hear what kinds of new employment are being created and what the new economy will mean for today's blue-collar workers. |
| 1:43.5 | Later on today's talking point, |
| 1:44.9 | North Carolina's Republican governor was barely defeated last month. Now the GOP-dominated legislature |
| 1:50.8 | is ready to reduce the powers of the job before the Democratic winner takes over. We'll get a |
| 1:56.4 | progress report on that. First, this news update. Liberal-American Jewish groups are already working to prevent |
| 2:01.6 | confirmation of Donald Trump's choice of David Friedman to be America's ambassador to Israel. Not only does |
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