While I can't tell you what people are going to do for work 100 years from now, the future doesn't hinge on my imagination.
David Autor
We have too few college graduates. We also have too few people who are prepared for college.
David Autor
There was a great sag in employment beginning in 2000.
David Autor
The fact that a task cannot be computerized does not imply that computerization has no effect on that task. On the contrary, tasks that cannot be substituted by computerization are generally complemented by it. This point is as fundamental as it is overlooked.
David Autor
One would expect that a surge of new automation opportunities in highly paid work would catalyze a surge of corporate investment in computer hardware and software. Instead, the opposite occurred.