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Luddites
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The Luddites were members of a 19th-century movement of English textile workers who protested the usage of certain types of automated machinery owing to their concerns over worker pay, labour savings,
The Leader of the Luddites, 1812. Hand-coloured etching
The Leader of the Luddites, 1812. Hand-coloured etching
Technological unemployment
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Technological unemployment is the loss of jobs due to technological change. It is a key type of structural unemployment. Technological change typically includes the introduction of labour-saving "mech
Luddites
…the increasingly bizarre and frightening technologies of the Computer Age". The term "Luddite fallacy" is used by economists to refer to the fear that technological unemployment inevitably generates structural unemployment and is consequently macroeconomically injurious. If a technological innovation reduces necessary labour…
A pharmacy robot delivering to a nurses' station at San Jose's Good Samaritan Hospital in the United States in 2008: In the 21st century, robots are b
A pharmacy robot delivering to a nurses' station at San Jose's Good Samaritan Hospital in the United States in 2008: In the 21st century, robots are beginning to perform roles not just in manufacturing but also in the service sector – in healthcare, for example.
Roman Emperor Vespasian, who refused a low-cost method of transport of heavy goods that would put laborers out of work
Roman Emperor Vespasian, who refused a low-cost method of transport of heavy goods that would put laborers out of work
Elizabeth I, who refused to patent a knitting machine invented by William Lee, saying "Consider thou what the invention could do to my poor subjects.
Elizabeth I, who refused to patent a knitting machine invented by William Lee, saying "Consider thou what the invention could do to my poor subjects. It would assuredly bring them to ruin by depriving them of employment, thus making them beggars."
Critics of the view that innovation causes lasting unemployment argue that technology is used by workers and does not replace them on a large scale.
Critics of the view that innovation causes lasting unemployment argue that technology is used by workers and does not replace them on a large scale.