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Media:<\/span> CNBC<\/strong>
\nTags:<\/span> #Coronavirus Pandemic\u00a0 #Automation\u00a0 #Future Of Work<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Coronavirus – companies could replace their workers with robots<\/strong><\/p>\n

The coronavirus pandemic has destroyed tens of millions of American jobs. How many of them will come back?<\/p>\n

That might be one of the most pressing questions of the Covid-19 recession. Arguably no other downturn has threatened to leave American life so unrecognizable.<\/p>\n

What will the labor market look like in six months? Or 10 years?<\/p>\n

For some predictions, CNBC spoke with Ravin Jesuthasan, who\u2019s written four books on the future of work and is a member of the World Economic Forum\u2019s Steering Committee on Work and Employment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know from history, every time we\u2019ve had a recession, we\u2019ve come out of it with more automation, and we\u2019re in the mother of all recessions right now,\u201d Jesuthasan said.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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