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Half of Europe’s Jobs Threatened by Machines in U.S. Echo

If you think the euro area has a hiring problem now with double-digit unemployment, wait until the future hits.

Fifty-four percent of jobs in the 28-member European Union are at risk of advances in computerization, according to a study by economist Jeremy Bowles published by Bruegel, a Brussels-based research organization.