The Robot Apocalypse Edition
Slate Money24 Sep 2016

The Robot Apocalypse Edition

On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, author of the upcoming, Weapons of Math Destruction, and Ryan Avent, author of The Wealth of Humans: Work, Power, and Status in the Twenty-first Century discuss how jobs are changing in the robot economy, Wells Fargo’s unnecessary banking products, and shifty Amazon pricing algorithms.

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

-Ryan Avent discusses his take on how work might change in the future, a topic explored in his book The Wealth of Humans: Work, Power, and Status in the Twenty-first Century

-The pressure Wells Fargo put on bank tellers to sign customers up for products they weren’t interested in

-Bias in Amazon’s pricing algorithm

Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply.

Email: slatemoney@slate.com

Twitter: @felixsalmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann

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