Episode 626: This Is The End : Planet Money Machines have been taking jobs forever. In the past, when jobs disappeared, new ones were created. But is this time different?

Episode 626: This Is The End

Episode 626: This Is The End

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Smart people have worried for years that machines would take jobs. In the past, they were wrong. Lots of jobs disappeared, but new ones were created.

Today on the show, we ask the experts whether this time is different. And if it is, what do we do about it?

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Music: Mary Jane Cope's "From Darkness, Light: I. Prelude," Future Sauce's "Gymnopedie No. 1 (Erik Satie)," Mary Jane Cope's "From Darkness, Light: II. Fugue," and Tame Impala's "Eventually." Find us: Twitter/ Facebook/ Spotify/ Tumblr.