Will Automation Decimate Rural Areas?

“Automation itself has no effect on the total number of jobs,” Rob Atkinson told InsideSources. “Leaving out the business cycle, the total number of jobs is determined by only one factor, and that’s the total number of workers. It really has nothing to do with automation and technology. The simple reason is because automation lowers prices, and people have more money and spend it on something else and creates jobs somewhere else.”