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January 23, 2013

Tech Has Always Killed American Jobs

Bernard Condon, Huffington Post


AP

To workers being pushed out of jobs by today's technology, history has a message: You're not the first.

From textile machines to the horseless carriage to email, technology has upended industries and wiped out jobs for centuries. It also has created millions of jobs, though usually not for the people who lost them.

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