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EPISODE · Feb 22, 2017 · 8 MIN

Should we tax the robots?

from FT News in Focus

Bill Gates has a new idea. He wants us to tax robots. The Microsoft co-founder made his unexpected suggestion in an interview with Quartz magazine. Sarah O'Connor asks the FT’s West Coast editor Richard Waters what he meant by this and the likely reaction of the tech industry. Photo credit: Getty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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