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Should-Attend: Tim O’Reilly and Heather Boushey: Future of Work and What We Can Do About It: Conversation

Should-Attend: Tim O’Reilly and Heather Boushey: Future of Work and What We Can Do About It: Conversation: “What’s the outlook for workers in an economy increasingly dominated by intelligent machines and the global elites who own them?…

…Join the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and tech entrepreneur and author Tim O’Reilly for a discussion of the ideas presented in his newly published book, WTF?: What’s The Future and Why It’s Up to Us. In a conversation with Equitable Growth Executive Director and Chief Economist Heather Boushey, the founder of the eponymous firm O’Reilly Media will explore how new technology networks and platforms are shaping the future of work and what that means for economic inequality, how we live, and the choices we make….

Thu, October 12, 2017 :: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT :: The Liaison Capitol Hill :: 415 New Jersey Avenue Northwest :: Washington, DC 20001

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Should-Attend: Tim O’Reilly and Heather Boushey: Future of Work and What We Can Do About It: Conversation

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U.S. economic mobility trends and outcomes

U.S. income and wealth inequality are no longer increasing, but a return to the equitable levels of the mid-20th century isn’t likely anytime soon