As robots grow more nimble, humans look increasingly vulnerable. Are the machines poised  to take over? Also: now that Article 50 has been triggered, is Ireland’s economy set to be damaged by Brexit? And despite Japan’s workforce growing by more than two million, wage gains aren’t enough to hit an inflation target of 2%. Why is this? Philip Coggan sits in for Simon Long.

 

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