Today's guest, Karen Maguire, is a Head of Division managing the Local Employment and Economic Development Program at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. Some occupations are more vulnerable to automation than others; the concentration of these occupations in a region will have a material consequence on the possible effects for the overall economy. We discuss these and many other factors that are driving local economic dynamics, as well as what regional policymakers are doing to chart new strategies.
Today's guest, Karen Maguire, is a Head of Division managing the Local Employment and Economic Development Program at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. Some occupations are more vulnerable to automation than others; the concentration of these occupations in a region will have a material consequence on the possible effects for the overall economy. We discuss these and many other factors that are driving local economic dynamics, as well as what regional policymakers are doing to chart new strategies.