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Automation is likely to eliminate nearly 40 million jobs in the US in the coming decade. In some cases, lower costs resulting from automation will increase demand for goods or services, and that may add back jobs in a given industry. Many sectors will be able to lower operating costs by 10% or more, including service sector employers such as retail trade and food service.
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Karen Harris is managing director of Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group and is based in the firm’s New York office. Austin Kimson is director of Bain’s Macro Trends Group and is based in the Dallas office. Andrew Schwedel is a partner in the New York office.
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Demographics, automation and inequality could dramatically reshape our world in the 2020s and beyond. Our insights discuss how executives can prepare for the new global economy.