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> The high cost of housing is unrelated to automation

Housing, health care, higher education... all drastically more expensive.

The point about outsourcing is a good one.

However, automation still appears to drive income inequality (at least in the US.)

"Job-replacing tech has directly driven the income gap since the late 1980s, economists report."[1]

[1] https://news.mit.edu/2020/study-inks-automation-inequality-0...




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