Archive: Andrew D. Eschtruth

African woman showing her dish

The brief’s key findings are: Since the 1980s, computers have increasingly taken on “routine” tasks for jobs that rely on step-by-step instructions, from assembly-line workers to travel agents. Emerging computers, however, can learn to perform “non-routine” tasks, making jobs from truck drivers to loan officers vulnerable to replacement. Despite these advances, humans retain an edg…

Cheerful senior man at home looking at his mail

The brief’s key findings are: Social Security’s minimum benefit for retirees with very low career earnings does not prevent poverty and is withering away due to a design flaw. A broad consensus exists for enhancing this benefit to at least keep full-time, full-career workers out of poverty. Reform proposals, though, do differ over the extent…