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The claim: Robotics will lead to mass unemployment. The reality: Productivity will grow, but not idle or leisure time.
Why the 200 men who marched from the north-east to London in October 1936 must not be forgotten.
Economic models suggest that South Africa’s GDP would fall, inequality would deepen and unemployment would rise if university graduates don’t enter the labour market in 2017.
Youth unemployment is a problem of demand. Cutting welfare payments merely punishes those young people who are most vulnerable to poverty.
If the government is going to get people out of poverty, it needs to focus less on getting people into work and more on where business is growing.
The Australian economy continues to deliver mixed, but on the whole positive, signals.
Working life is becoming more fluid, if not precarious. We need to look at how our education systems are preparing young people for a changing workplace.
Zimbabwe’s students and graduates are angry. They have every reason to be. The country’s finances are badly managed and its economy is in crisis.
All in all this was a fairly positive week for global economies.
In a world where robots work better than humans, how will we cope? We need to rethink our jobs-based economy.
A South African Olympic silver medallist achieved something remarkable, especially after testing positive for methamphetamine use in 2012. But care needs to be taken in how this narrative is framed.
Kenya has realised that its school-leavers aren’t ready for the world of work. An ambitious plan aims to change this.
Automation is likely to destroy many jobs, but create new ones in their stead. We must adapt to what those new jobs will be.
Often the same centres in need of more care workers are those with high local unemployment.
Establishing a national minimum wage in South Africa will benefit the country by addressing working poverty and high levels of inequality.
Wages are stagnating and women have not benefited nearly as much as men from earlier wage increases. And what if small business isn’t the powerhouse we’ve been led to believe? What recent HILDA data has to tell us about gender, income and work.
Five years ago, young people in the Middle East and North Africa led a major uprising with hopes for a better life. A University of Texas labor market expert explains why little has changed.
On the big national policies affecting non-metropolitan Australia, such as agriculture and trade, the major party differences are minor. That’s why the election focus turns to local projects.
By continuing to see policies that affect women in economic rather than social terms, both major parties are offering little in the way of improved gender equity.
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