AI, Public College, and the Changing Path to the Middle Class

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David Deming (Harvard) discusses why manufacturing jobs are no longer a straightforward path to the middle class, and why greater investments in public colleges can help more people get well-paying jobs in a changing economy.

As automation disrupts a wider range of jobs, David also suggests that the wage premium people gain through their social skills  — something computers will very likely be bad at for some time to come — will only increase.