Santens discusses the ramifications of self-driving vehicles on the American economy in the next few decades. The technology already exists, likely to reach the market sometime in the 2020s, but the most popular job in most U.S. states belongs to truck drivers. The economic consequences of displacing these truckers with self-driving trucks may lead to serious unemployment problems due to automation. Santens argues that a basic income can help ease the transition into even further technology-driven automation.
Scott Santens, “Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driven Truck”, Medium, 14 May 2015.
