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by dugditches 3324 days ago
One can hope that the next generation of children won't have to hold a 'job' at all.
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Not going to happen - unless all jobs disappear at about the same time.

The simple conclusion is that unless you have something to provide in exchange, no one will give you anything in return.

>He (Amartya Sen) presents data that there was an adequate food supply in Bengal at the time, but particular groups of people including rural landless labourers and urban service providers like haircutters did not have the means to buy food as its price rose rapidly due to factors

As long as someone owns the factory or the company, they expect to be paid. Thats not going to go away overnight.

And since robots are not going to be perfect, there will always be jobs that human beings will be employed to do. The employers will in turn expect to get their money's worth for those jobs.

Instead of jobs going away, theres going to be a concentration of wealth in the hands of a few.