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    Should We Blame Technology for High Unemployment?

    From farms to factories, and now the service economy, workers are losing their jobs to machines. As computers become more sophisticated, how can humans learn to compete?

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    By Warren Olney • Oct 26, 2011 • 50m Listen

    From farms to factories, and now to the service economy, human workers are losing their jobs to machines. The "creative destruction" that used to increase employment is working the other way around, and productivity is on the rise. As computers become more sophisticated, how can humans learn to compete? Also, President Obama announces executive action on student loans, and an undeclared, loaded gun fell out of a bag being loaded onto an airliner in Los Angeles. What did the TSA say? None of its business.

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