Spain and Japan in the face of robotization: a fiscal and economic challenge
Abstract
Starting from two very distant geographical areas in space, Spain and Japan, however, share common problems: their demographics and their life expectancy. These elements, combined with the phenomenon of robotization and work automation, raise common questions for the future, such as addressing the problem of sustaining public expending and pensions. This article provides information that, from a fiscal and economic policy perspective, reveal the need to plan possible solutions and reviews the actions taken in both areas to address this challenge, which is not exclusive to Spain or Japan but is more pressing due their social characteristics. In the last part, current trends are classified regarding the possibility of introducing a tax on robots that contributes to the foreseeable decrease in tax revenues due to technology.
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