Since the Luddites, people have been afraid that technology could end up taking their jobs. In the modern world, increased automation and robotics have become the scapegoat of job losses in the United States. During the 2016 election, technology received a brief reprieve as the Republican candidate focused on North American Free Trade Agreement and the Trans-Pacific Partnership deals. Automation is still a concern for many people, but the current administration has dismissed it as a major worry. In reality, there is some truth to this claim. In accounting, the computer and spreadsheet actually took over many accounting tasks and
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