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Automation has so far contributed more to economic growth than to human redundancy. But there is no clear evidence that this will continue; the share of wages and salaries in GDP has fallen, and that of profits has grown, contributing to political instability and economic insecurity.
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Jordan, B. (2020). Automation. In: Automation and Human Solidarity. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36959-0_2
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