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Public Opinion on Automation By Carlos Mulas-Granados, Richard Varghese and Vizhdan Boranova Tired of reading articles about how a robot will take your job? We’ve all heard horror stories that foresee the devastating consequences that automation will have on people’s working lives—yet much less attention has been devoted to what workers actually think. Our chart of the [...] Japan: Demographic Shift Opens Door to Reforms February 2020 Japan’s population is aging and shrinking fast. With a median age of 48.4 years, Japan’s population is the world’s oldest. The Government of Japan projects that there will be almost one elderly person for each person of working age by 2060.