A recent discussion on the economy turned to the number of jobs available globally for the more than 7 billion people inhabiting it. (Yes, food and clean water for 7 billion is also a huge order.) As Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos introduces robotic warehouses and delivery drones, we are witnessing the automated elimination of jobs in the U.S. When you look at the unemployment and underemployment numbers, many of those folks were replaced by a machine or outsourcing.
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