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1. The invention of the automobile eliminated the job of carriage-wheel makers.

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• True
• False

2. Workers have often opposed technological advances. A series of historical events mentioned in the video include:

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• In 1974, Washington Post pressmen sabotaged new-technology presses that threatened their jobs.
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• To placate glassmakers, Emperor Augustus executed the inventor of a new technique for making glass.
• The Luddites in England revolted against the introduction of textile machines.

3. Advances in productivity:

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• Often expose workers to toxic chemicals.
• Make the workplace less human.
• Lower average wages.
• Displace workers who may have trouble finding a new job.

4. Workers at the self-cleaning toilet factory

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• Are not concerned about advancing productivity.
• We're sorry that their new toilet displaced workers at gas stations.
• Expressed concern that the toilet manufacturing process exposed them to unsafe chemicals.
• Believe that education is the key to avoiding the dark side of productivity.

5. To avoid to be left behind from the advances in productivity, workers should:

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• Work in an industry that requires very specific skills.
• Work in a high technology industry
• Learn to adapt to an ever-changing work environment.
• Learn to operate valuable machinery.

6. Economists Robert Gordon and Paul Romer:

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• Suggest that the economy is constantly creating new jobs.
• Agree that robots will eventually replace health care workers.
• Express sorrow that technology has made many crafts obsolete.
• Are concerned that technology is advancing too rapidly.

7. Unskilled workers get hurt the most from technological advances in productivity.

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• True
• False

8. From your understanding of unemployment, unemployed workers due technological advances in productivity are like to be categorized under

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• frictional unemployment.
• seasonal unemployment.
• structural unemployment.
• cyclical unemployment.

9. Going to college is a way to protect yourself from the dark side of productivity.

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• True
• False