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Contemplating the workplace of tomorrow

February 16th, 2014

Robert Gordon, the Stanley G. Harris Professor in the department of economics in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University, will present "Long-Term Unemployment, Shrinking Participation and Future Economic Growth" at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Chicago.

His presentation is part of the symposium "Will the Workplace of Tomorrow Have Any Workers? Computing, Productivity and Jobs" to be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15 in the Water Tower room at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

In the symposium, prominent economists with diverse perspectives informed by history, data and theory will critically evaluate this evolving debate to consider both the aggregate benefits and potential social costs of rapid technological progress. They will explore the set of public investment and social insurance policies that can best prepare countries to maximize gains and minimize adverse impacts from recent and incipient technological advances.

Gordon, considered to be one of the most influential macroeconomists in the world, has long been raising questions about the process of economic growth—questioning whether economic growth is a continuous process that will persist forever.

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