Technology and automation has led to much greater efficiencies and output for every human in the workforce over the last 50 years. How come this hasn’t led globally to less working hours or a shorter work week for the average worker?

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EDIT: Replace ‘every human in the workforce’ with ‘most people’. I agree efficiency has not been gained equally across all professions.

In: Economics

Answer 1

How about the specialization of work ? I mean, this created more jobs as well right ?

Previously we did not have positions for product managers, social media workers, several thousand content producers , photographers , etc , etc?

Hasn’t the specialization of labour created more jobs than was removed from automation?