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CANADA: Deloitte future jobs report recommends basic income
Recently, there has been a great deal of attention paid to the changing nature of work. From rising automation to the ever-expanding gig economy, the effects of shifting labor landscapes are being felt...
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International: McKinsey report identifies basic income as a potential...
As many as 375 million people may have to switch jobs as a result of automation by 2030. This is according to a new report published by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), a private sector think tank...
View ArticleVIDEO: “Why everybody’s suddenly talking about Universal Basic Income”
Andrew Murphy Davis is a young producer of documentaries and network news, who has started The Millennial Project. This project has been developing since 2015 and aims at “activating a unique...
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The Future of Jobs: Working on Being Human
It is becoming normal to talk about robots replacing human labor, but we still have not yet acknowledged the magnitude of this change. The post The Future of Jobs: Working on Being Human appeared first...
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Scott Santens: “It’s Time for Technology to Serve all Humankind with...
Scott Santens published on Medium the transcription of a speech he wrote for a keynote session he presented in Sweden in 2017, with the title “It’s time for technology to serve all humankind with...
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UBI Taiwan to discuss ‘key trends’ at international summit
The third annual UBI Taiwan international summit will be held in Taipei this month. This year’s theme is “Key Trends of the Next Generation,” focusing on technological development as well as growing...
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United States: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on automation
Picture credit to: Ståle Grut / NRKbeta Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), during a talk at SXSW, was addressed by a tech entrepreneur with a question about automation (how should we act as a society and...
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UBI Taiwan aims to be ‘tipping point’ for basic income
A nearly-packed auditorium of mostly young Taiwanese arrived on an early Saturday morning to learn about Universal Basic Income and its role in addressing key trends for the next generation.
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Canada: Strike due to automation developments at Port of Vancouver
Transportation is not the only sector where automation is eating away jobs. Large commercial ports are also being hit hard, as recent events in Vancouver show. Workers at the Port of Vancouver went on...
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The Future of Work as seen by the OECD
Credit Picture CC(OECD/Marco Illuminati) The OECD published “The Future of Work Employment Outlook 2019”. Change is underway, driven by digitalisation, globalization, and demographic changes, and will...
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