https://www.scmp.com/rss/330130/feed Yasuyuki Sawada is Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Technology optimists argue that progress creates many more jobs than it destroys. They say fears over job losses are as misplaced as the Luddites’ 19th century concerns over the loss of jobs like horse-and-buggy driver, or loom weaver. More recently, the automated teller machines (ATMs) also support this view, since the machines haven’t replaced bank tellers, but broadened their roles into customer relationship managers. Certainly, the skyscrapers of Manila and Mumbai are filled with people... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2181872/asias-policymakers-must-prepare-today-jobs-tomorrow-our?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2181872/asias-policymakers-must-prepare-today-jobs-tomorrow-our?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Jan 2019 22:30:45 +0000