The theme of both the robot-ization [2] of the global workforce and the populist desire for a hike in the minimum wage [3] have been popular and ongoing ones here at Zero Hedge. However, never has it been more clear just where the future lies than this chart from BofAML's Michael Hartnett... As he says, "we are long robots, and short human beings."
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Of course - from Applebees to Jamba Juice and now fast-food restaurants, the robots are coming and cries of millions of minimum-wage-hike-demanding union workers will do nothing but encourage it... (oh and the Fed's financial repression)
Chart: BofAML