Should We Tax the Robots?

A robot might take your job. A robot might take mine. I work at the World Economic Forum, and last year some of my colleagues looked at what robots might do to jobs in 15 economies that account for two thirds of the world's workforce. Their report reckons robots will throw over 5 million people out of jobs by 2020. The world's richest man, Bill Gates, has a solution to the problems our employment Terminators will cause.