As Our Jobs Are Automated, Some Say We'll Need A Guaranteed Basic Income

Customers use interactive kiosks to place orders at Eatsa, a fully automated fast food restaurant in San Francisco. Customers use interactive kiosks to place orders at Eatsa, a fully automated fast food restaurant in San Francisco. Much of the anger and anxiety in the 2016 election is fueled by the sense that economic opportunity is slipping away for many Americans. This week, as part of NPR's collaborative project with member stations, A Nation Engaged, we're asking the question: What can be done to create economic opportunity for more Americans? When we talk about the economy, we spend a lot of time talking about jobs -- how to create more of them and how to replace the ones being lost.