It's not just about creating jobs, but ones we can beat algorithms at

Like all good economists, John Maynard Keynes was better at predicting the past than the future. Writing in Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren in 1930, Keynes said that in 100 years' time, people would work no more than 15 hours a week. With many people still clocking up 40 hours or more, that prediction was somewhat wide of the mark. It sounds great and certainly grabs the attention. However, there is one teeny tiny potential snag.