April 24, 2018: Hour 2

April 24, 2018: Hour 2

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In hour two of Here & Now’s April 24, 2018 full broadcast, NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe joins us to discuss Tuesday’s agenda as President Trump welcomes France’s President Emmanuel Macron. Also, a new report by Bain & Company says automation could displace 2.5 million workers per year, or more than three times the rate between 1970 and 1990, when computers revolutionized the global economy. We get perspective on automation its potential impacts from the co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. And novelist Lionel Shriver joins us to discuss her new story collection “Property,” which explores how belongings and relationships often become intertwined.