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A robot future and how to handle it

What will happen to our working lives when the robots take over?

What will happen to our working lives when the robots take over? Daniel Susskind, an economist at Oxford University, discusses his new book A World Without Work. He talks to Ed Butler about the effects on employment, the link between automation and inequality, and whether something like a universal basic income could be a solution.

(Photo: A humanoid robot on display at a trade fair in 2018, Credit: Getty Images)

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Tue 18 Feb 2020 13:32GMT

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