Is that so ! robots do not create wealth?Ahmed wrote: the machine cannot generate profit: it is content to gradually consume its value (which is reified human labor) and integrate it into the goods it produces. This statement may surprise: why should a company invest in this way if automation does not generate value, instead of the worker? Quite simply, this lowers the unit value but increases the overall abstract value, since the volume produced increases; this last point (volume) being relevant only because this increased productivity disqualifies competition ...
This is not the opinion of Holland, nor of Hamon who wants to tax them http://www.lepoint.fr/politique/quand-h ... 867_20.php
Robots take care of thankless and repetitive tasks. Man can therefore devote himself to more rewarding tasks. The problem is to make the redistribution of wealth fair.
Taxing robots would be a mistake because France is already lagging behind the Germans and the Chinese.