First, The Matrix's Australian producer, Andrew Mason, and compatriot director Alex Proyas persuaded U.S. studio New Line that Sydney had the technical capability to film their ambitious 1998 sci-fi thriller, Dark City.

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Mr. ALEX TABARROK (Professor, Economics, George Mason University): It's technology, computers and robots, which have raised the wages of high skilled workers and pushed down the wages of low skilled workers.

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Alex Tabarrok is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

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