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increase, but hasn't what economists would call hasn't labor lost pricing power? by which i mean the kind of jobs you have, jobs at a coffee shop, baristas, or whatever it is, it's very hard to get sustained rising wages and move up the scale and build a middle-class life, et cetera, et cetera? >> if you look at the average job in the u.s., which is kind of a helpful way of thinking about it, and there's a survey by gallup that comes out quite frequently. and it asks people basically how much do you like your job, how engaged are you, and it's basically at its highest level of all time. it's a bit tricky i think to make the narrative on the face of it that robots have had a massive impact on job equality. i think the same is true of wages. what actually happens when robots come along is that people can be more productive, and basically, when you become more productive, ie, you can get more done in a day, that does

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unemployment and have for a long time. >> what about the quality of jobs? because the economists have done some work on this, and the jobs increase, but hasn't what economists would call hasn't labeled pricing power, which i mean the kind of jobs you have jobs at a coffee shoulp or whatever it is, it's very hard to get high wages and move up the scale. >> if you look at the average job in the u.s., which is kind of a helpful way of thinking about it, and there's a survey that comes out that asks people basically how much do you like your job, how engaged are you, and it's basically at it highest level of all time. it's a bit tricky i think to make the narrative on the face of it that robots have had a massive impact on job equality. i think the same is true of