http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2014/02/fte_20140223.mp3
From the ID3 comment:
For decades we've watched machines gradually replace one blue-collar
job after another, but in recent years algorithms and increasingly
sophisticated machines have begun eating their way into decidedly
white-collar territory. And as a result, economist Tyler Cowen now
predicts the hollowing out of the middleclass. But is the picture
really that gloomy? We explore the impact of technological change on
the way we’ll work in future.
Interview with an author of "The Second Machine Age" Erik
Brynjolfsson, Andrew
McAfee 2014
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=WiKwAgAAQBAJ (Preview)
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/17/before-blaming-the-robots-lets-get-the-policy-right/