Get ready for another wave of job eliminations and migrations.
While technology has wiped out jobs ranging from supermarket cashiers to automobile manufactures, and many others have been lost to offshoring in recent years, the trend is far from over, according to a study from Ball State University.
U.S. News reports that in a paper titled “How Vulnerable Are American Communities to Automation, Trade and Urbanization?” researchers claim that as many as 25 percent of American jobs could be offshored in the years ahead, as foreign competition continues to weigh in. In addition, half of all low-skill jobs could eventually be automated, potentially displacing millions of U.S. workers.
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