A recent government white paper on industrial strategy has recommended that the UK economy accelerate its transition away from traditional brick-and-mortar retail, administrative support services, and low-skilled gig-economy platform work, towards artificial intelligence (AI) systems, high-tech automated logistics, and specialized green-energy engineering.
Evaluate the consequences for UK unemployment if this structural transition were to occur.
327 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Economics 2.3 Economic performance, covering 2.3.1 Economic growth and the economic cycle, 2.3.2 Employment and unemployment, 2.3.3 Inflation and deflation, and 2.3.4 Possible conflicts between macroeconomic policy objectives. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.