Part One of “The Automation Ruse” aired on February 9th and featured author Jason E. Smith whose new book, Smart Machines and Service Work, is subtitled “Automation in an Age of Stagnation,” and it’s that crisis of stagnation that propels us into today’s conversation with Aaron Benanav, a researcher at Humboldt University of Berlin and an economic historian whose new …
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Daily Local News – March 29, 2018
Over half of Indiana’s counties grew last year; A viral outbreak infects 52 members of an Indiana University fraternity; Designers set their sights on the 9th annual Trashion Refashion. FEATURE In a public statement, Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton announced the city will go ahead with the proposed purchase of an armored truck for the city’s police department. VOICES IN THE STREET …
Read More »Latest Study Finds Indiana Manufacturing Industry Strong and Growing
Earlier this month, the certified public accounting firm Katz, Sapper & Miller LLP released the results of their seventh annual Indiana manufacturing survey. The statewide study of employers in Indiana’s largest industry shows growth in Hoosier manufacturing. According to the survey, nearly 80 percent of respondents over the last two annual surveys describe their businesses as “healthy” or “stable,” while …
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