So-so technologies disrupt employment and displace workers without generating much of a boost in productivity.[1] Computerized telephone agents and self-checkout kiosks likely do raise productivity by some amount, or firms would presumably stick with human workers. But the ratio of worker displacement to productivity growth for these so-so technologies is arguably less favorable than for labor-complementing innovations such as electric lighting.[2]
[1] Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo, “Automation and New Tasks: How Technology Displaces and Reinstates Labor,” Journal of Economic Perspectives 33, no. 2 (May 2019): 3–30, https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.33.2.3.
[2] Note that a technology slightly degrades the quality of a product or service but reduces its price more than proportionately represents a productivity improvement. For example, Walmart greatly improved productivity in retailing by offering lower quality goods with limited customer service at extremely low prices.
https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/communitie...eport_shaping_technology_and_institutions.pdf
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[1] Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo, “Automation and New Tasks: How Technology Displaces and Reinstates Labor,” Journal of Economic Perspectives 33, no. 2 (May 2019): 3–30, https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.33.2.3.
[2] Note that a technology slightly degrades the quality of a product or service but reduces its price more than proportionately represents a productivity improvement. For example, Walmart greatly improved productivity in retailing by offering lower quality goods with limited customer service at extremely low prices.
https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/communitie...eport_shaping_technology_and_institutions.pdf
Ο όρος είναι πρόσφατος και δεν έχει αποδοθεί ακόμα στα ελληνικά. Προτείνετε έξυπνες αποδόσεις. Προσπαθώντας να μην παρακάνω τον έξυπνο, έχω καταλήξει στο «τεχνολογίες έτσι-κι-έτσι».
