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Monday, August 27, 2018

Chartered Accountant: The value of caring workers

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Social care jobs, ... are defined by economists everywhere as low-skilled, or unskilled. For a chartered accountant taking part in a discussion on automation recently, this prompted an existential wobble: "It's easier to automate me than a carer or a cleaner," he said. "So am I really more skilled?"


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My source: Sarah O'Connor, (2017) Ageing nations need to value caring workers, Financial Times, 17th May, p.11.