40 Quotes by Martin Ford

As decisões de investimento que os empresários fazem são muitíssimo influenciadas tanto pelo ambiente económico do momento como pelo panorama de curto prazo. Isto é, uma procura de consumo morna hoje pode estar a roubar a nossa prosperidade futura.

Foi o recurso ao crédito que permitiu que os consumidores americanos continuassem a gerar o crescimento económico ao longo das décadas que conduziram à crise financeira de 2008. (…) Aquilo que distingue as economias de sucesso é a duração dos ciclos de crescimento. Os economistas descobriram que quanto maior é a desigualdade, mais curtos são os períodos de crescimento económico.

As impressoras 3D podem ser utilizadas praticamente com qualquer tipo de material e a tecnologia está a descobrir muitas utilizações importantes fora do âmbito fabril. Talvez a mais exótica aplicação seja a impressão de órgãos humanos.

I find it somewhat ironic that many conservatives in the United States are adamant about securing the border against immigrants who will likely take jobs that few Americans want, while at the same time expressing little concern that the virtual border is left completely open to higher-skill workers who take jobs that Americans definitely do want.

Imagine the uproar when Uber’s cars start arriving without drivers.

The Ford Motor Company CEO taunts Reuther by asking, “Walter, how are you going to get these robots to pay union dues?” Reuther comes right back at Ford, asking, “Henry, how are you going to get them to buy your cars?” While.

Indeed, a 2013 study by Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. Osborne at the University of Oxford concluded that occupations amounting to nearly half of US total employment may be vulnerable to automation within roughly the next two decades.59.

In other words, one of the most fundamental ideas woven into the American ethos – the belief that anyone can get ahead through hard work and perseverance – really has little basis in statistical reality.

The evaporation of thousands of skilled information technology jobs is likely a precursor for a much more wide-ranging impact on knowledge-based employment.