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Automation: Yes, It Does Appear To Reduce Labor Demand

Posted on May 19, 2017December 12, 2018 by David Spitzley | 3851 Views | 24 min read

Growth in use of industrial robots could result in the loss of up to 4 million jobs and suppression of wage growth by up to 2.6% by 2025 The last several decades have not been a great time to be a worker in the United States. Wages have been stagnant for all but the most

Film and Coal

Posted on April 4, 2017December 13, 2018 by Katie Grzesiak | 5239 Views | 25 min read

A recent tweet about the similarities between the decline of film and the impending end of coal struck me particularly hard. While nobody in my immediate family is a coal miner, the decline of film played a leading role in my family’s story. Film dried up almost overnight, it seemed. Even to those in the