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November 16, 2011 07:02 am GMT
Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/rmBCTRY6LKg/
Is Technology Destroying Jobs?
For all the benefits of living in a connected world, there is one huge disconnect: the economy seems to be growing, but it is not creating jobs. This disconnect is not a temporary blip that will disappear with a full economic recovery. It is part of a longer-term structural change in the economy.Yesterday at the Techonomy conference, I moderated a debate (which you can watch above) between two economists, Erik Brynjolfsson of MITs Sloan business school and Tyler Cowen of George Mason University, about whether or not technology is the engine of the economy or whether, in fact, it is destroying jobs.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/rmBCTRY6LKg/
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