14. Partial Automation
It isn’t necessary to automate every task
composing a job for some people to
become unemployed due to automation.
The incremental increases in productivity
automation brings may lead to excess
labor supply.
18. Virtuous and Vicious Cycles
Success Investment
InnovationProduction
$Rev $Risk
Automation
Job Gain/Loss
for Production
Job Gain/Loss
for Innovation
Net
Labor
Flow
$ Gain/Loss for
Production
$ Gain/Loss for
InnovationNet
Capital
Flow
Increasing
Automation may
lead to imbalances
in Labor Supply
and Demand, and
divorce Capital
from Labor.