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Avoiding The Technology Trap In The Future Of Work

The Horizons Tracker

Oxford University researchers Carl Benedikt Frey shot to public attention in 2013 when he and colleague Michael Osborne released research in which they predicted that 47% of jobs could be automated within the next decade or so. Adapting to change. go over relatively old ground one more time.

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Is 8 Hours Of Work Per Week Ideal For Our Health And Wellbeing?

The Horizons Tracker

Back in 2013, Oxford researchers Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne predicted that 47% of jobs would be automated within a decade. As such, the authors believe that we can get all we need from work (in health terms at least) by engaging in just 8 hours of it per week. “We

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What British, European, and American Policymakers Need to Do Now

Harvard Business Review

How much control do policymakers have over what the economic fallout is — short- and medium-term? They have some control in the medium-term; they have very little control in the short-term or long-term. In the short-term, recession is pretty much baked into the cake for the UK.