Are robots taking our jobs?

<div>In the future, what forces will cause the economy to grow and stagnate? What impact will AI and automation have on the economy? Is capitalism a sustainable economic model?<br> <br> </div> <div>Today on The Sound of Economics, we're asking the big questions. In order to find answers, our own <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/author/giuseppe-porcaro/">Giuseppe Porcaro</a> hosts <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/author/aaron-benanav/">Aaron Benanav</a>, recent author of Automation and the Future of Work. Benanav argues that the "rise of the robots" may not really explain future employment crises, or our failure to move into a post-scarcity era.<br> <br> </div> <div>Meanwhile, Bruegel Research Fellow <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/author/laura-nurski/">Laura Nurski</a> adds insight from her own research at Bruegel's <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/the-future-of-work-and-inclusive-growth-project/">Future of work and inclusive growth</a> project, and <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/author/alexis-moraitis/">Alexis Moraitis</a> at Lancaster University considers how advances in technology could impact the international political economy.<br> <br> </div> <div>If you want to learn more about the possible robot uprising, check out our work on <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/tag/AI/">artificial intelligence in the workplace</a>, or listen to our past podcast, <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/2021/06/the-skills-of-the-future/">The Skills of the Future</a>.</div>