#+title: growth of automation and its relationship to deindustrialization
- tags :: [[file:20210211094543-automation.org][automation]]
- source :: [[file:literature/20210306155518-automation_and_the_future_of_work.org][Automation and the Future of Work]]

In /Automation and the Future of Work/ Benanav makes the case that automation
has been growing in the first world not as a means of increasing productivity
but as a cost-saving measure in the face of [[file:20210306164610-deindustrialization.org][deindustrialization]]. Overcapacity in
the manufacturing sector of the global north led to deindustrialization, and
automation allows firms to stay competitive while shedding their workforces.
This comes hand-in-hand with [[file:20210306171957-globalization.org][globalization]] as well.