ABSTRACT
The problem stated in this chapter is a lack of knowledge about the effects of robotization on the middle class. We ask the question: how are robots affecting the middle class?
The objective is to generate knowledge about how the middle class will develop in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
The finding is a typology that shows various effects of robotization on the middle class, where middle-class jobs are transformed, deconstructed, and re-constructed and new part-time jobs are created for the middle class. All this results in the Fourth Industrial Revolution destroying the middle class.
