Kiwi economist, Kinley Salmon, predicts that the future is in our hands and a robot-led future is a way off yet. Kinley Salmon talks us through the books he wishes he'd written. The Entrepreneurial State by Mariana MazzucatoThe private sector innovates, the public sector helps best by getting out of the way. For example, why is the financial sector so profitable if financial institutions are mostly exchanging bits of (virtual) paper with each other? Kinley Salmon is the author of Jobs, Robots & Us: Why the Future of Work in New Zealand is in Our Hands (Bridget Williams Books, $40).

Source: Stuff July 19, 2019 16:52 UTC