Introduction As the world continues to advance technologically, more and more jobs become susceptible to automation, with machines completing tasks formerly undertaken by people on an increasing scale. Automation is widely hailed as a cost-effective, efficiency-oriented solution for businesses, which can use technology to greatly reduce instances of human error in their work, speed up […]
Understanding America’s Growing Spatial Inequality
It’s no secret that gains from the robust economic recovery following the Great Recession have disproportionately gone to a small number of areas in the United States. For instance, 20 metropolitan areas collectively account for about one-quarter of the country’s population, but over 40% of job growth since 2010. Additionally, employment in urban areas since […]