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Robots are actually helping to create more jobs
Published Sun, Jul 31, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Frankfurt
IT'S not just about the labour that robots can save; it's also how much they can create.
Automation allows companies to reduce product costs and ultimately lower prices, which means more people can afford to buy what's on sale, according to researchers Anna Salomons, Ulrich Zierahn and Terry Gregory from Utrecht University and Germany's ZEW Center.
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