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To explore this macro perspective we turn to a pair of MIT economists, Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, who in their influential 2011 book, Race Against<\/em> the Machine, <\/em>provide a compelling case that among various forces at play, it\u2019s therise of digital technology in particular that\u2019s transforming our labor markets in unexpected ways. \u201cWe are in the early throes of a Great Restructuring,\u201d Brynjolfsson and McAfee explain early in their book. \u201cOur technologies are racing ahead but many of our skills and organizations are lagging behind.\u201d For many workers, this lag predicts bad news. As intelligent machines improve, and the gap between machine and human abilities shrinks, employers are becoming increasingly likely to hire \u201cnew machines\u201d instead of \u201cnew people.\u201d And when only a human will do, improvements in communications and collaboration technology are making remote work easier than ever before, motivating companies to outsource key roles to stars\u2014leaving the local talent pool underemployed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n