# Professor Robert Seamans is interviewed about the impact of robots on jobs and wages; Professor Thomas Philippon's joint research on corporate investments is highlighted

1 Faculty News April 3, 2017 ![Forbes logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030508.jpg?itok=SId6k3bx)>

Excerpt from [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/washingtonbytes/2017/04/03/will-robots-take-our-jobs-we-may-be-overreacting/#ee78b8c312ef) -- "The decline in worker training is concerning, especially given that increase in automation will likely mean that workers need different skills than before. ... I recommend a new NBER working paper by NYU’s German Gutierrez and [Thomas Philippon](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/thomas-philippon) trying to explain why corporate investment is low relative to what Tobin's Q models would predict."

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