Will robots eat your job? A Snapshot of a global economy in flux

Excellent writing humanising technical material and one of the most important topics out there

Technology has the potential to displace millions of jobs done by humans, even without full artificial intelligence Pic: Getty

Economics: The Wealth of Humans, By Ryan Avent, Penguin, €19

Will robots eat your job? Will your kids have higher standards of living than you, in an age where there are too many workers and too much savings, when technological change makes the jobs many people do obsolete? When their citizens see their jobs disappearing due to international competition or technological change, how will politicians react? Will we see an increase in globalisation ...