Jonathan Black

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Your question for our expert — and readers’ advice

Your question for our expert — and readers’ advice

Your question for our expert — and readers’ advice

Jonathan answers: First, remember that changes in the world of work are not a new phenomenon. Historic changes often seem more benign than unknown future shifts. But it is useful to recognise that societies have already endured huge workforce disruption, and managed it, albeit at great cost to some people. Changes over the past few hundred years have been hugely transformative: less than 1 per cent of the population of England and Wales is now employed in agriculture, compared with 22 per cent m…