Author: David Autor

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There's never been a better time to be a worker with special skills or the right education, because these people can use technology to create and capture value.

There's never been a better time to be a worker with special skills or the right education, because these people can use technology to create and capture value.

- David Autor

I work a lot on skill demands and changes in labor markets having to do with technology and with trade as well.

I work a lot on skill demands and changes in labor markets having to do with technology and with trade as well.

- David Autor

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.

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

I did a lot of blue collar work. I also worked as a temp. I did, you know, light construction and cleaning. I did clerical temping. I also fix cars and motorcycles and electronics.

I did a lot of blue collar work. I also worked as a temp. I did, you know, light construction and cleaning. I did clerical temping. I also fix cars and motorcycles and electronics.

- David Autor

History has suggested that the pessimists have been wrong time and time again.

History has suggested that the pessimists have been wrong time and time again.

- David Autor

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