How is technology changing work across the world? And what impact will it have on inequality? I chat to Dr Jiwei Qian and Professor Imraan Valodia about automation and its widespread social impacts in these two very different contexts.

3:54: Automation in China

9:17: Why local governments are encouraging automation

13.51: Impact on inequality

27:53: How framing of automation overlooks the Global South

44:33: Gender inequality and automation in Southern Africa