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AMPLIFY - FinanceLost Leads are Lost Business: How to Devise a New Strategy for 2021
Small businesses need a new strategy to reboot in the coming decade with a blend of sales and marketing combined in a powerful yet simple tool.
New Bill Would Give Nearly Every Californian $1,000 a Month
A proposed California law would give almost every adult in the state $1,000 per month, similar to the universal basic income plan of former presidential candidate Andrew Yang.
Andrew Yang Expresses Concern Over Walmart's Plans to Increase Robot Labor
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is worried that Walmart's plans to increase automated labor is part of a trend that could "crush" the U.S. labor force, according to a Fox Business report. Recent research seems to suggest that his concern is not unfounded.
You Will Be Replaced. Here's How
Economists were skeptical that robots could permanently displace humans on a large scale. But look at what's happening to retail jobs: The economists were wrong.
Why Do Americans Work So Hard?
David Graeber's new book explores why so many U.S. jobs are basically pointless.
Robots Will Help Us Embrace Humanity, Not Lose It
Embracing the latest technology in the workplace frees people up to pursue other, more rewarding tasks.
Robots Can Now Read Better Than Humans
An artificial intelligence algorithm outperformed humans in a reading comprehension test for the first time.
Robots Are Not Our Friends Says Hillary Clinton
"The future is coming right at us, and honest to goodness, I just think everybody listening to you should be demanding that public officials start coming up with some approaches to how we're going to protect human beings and our lives from this," said Clinton.
Man Vs. Machine
Robots don't require vacation time, sick leave, lunch breaks or health insurance.
We Need New Rules to Keep Humans Safe From Robots
Sticking to the rules might end up leaving a robot helpless.
Buying American First Will Cost Far Too Much
Limiting competition ensures that taxpayers get a smaller bang for their buck.
Tel Aviv Diary: Trump Undermines Peace and Prosperity
No reputable economist believes protectionism is good.
Trump's Carrier Deal Is Pure Crony Capitalism
Manufacturers will threaten to move jobs to Mexico and rake in the goodies, the author writes.
Is Trump Abandoning the Free Market?
There are always losers from automation and globalization, even if net gains overall.
Case for Technoskepticism: How Innovation Hurts Workers
Technological change has had a far greater impact on U.S. jobs than any trade deal.
Technology Could Replace Millions of Call Center Jobs
Call center workers can handle the short-tempered customers. The threat is the automated chatbots that could replace them.
What Trump Will Do When He Loses
Donald Trump is considering his own media network and has hired Fox's Roger Ailes to run it.
To Fix the Economy, We Need More Bump and Grind
A good way to add friction (and jobs) to our software-driven economy would be to invest in painfully slow, physical, local, wasteful infrastructure.
Trump's Pledge to Bring Back Jobs Is Ignorant and Cruel
Using government force to protect American workers from foreign competition will lead to less trade. And possibly fascism.
Sure We Make Stuff. Trump Is Wrong About U.S. Manufacturing
Does Trump want Americans to build things? Or does he want us digging with spoons?
Newsweeks Past: The Challenge of Automation
The rapid evolution of computers provoked enormous excitement and considerable dread in January 1965.