Exam question 9: explain the concept of socio economic desertification as occasioned by nearly total robotic job automation? Explain the issue of causality in terms of the effect that automation has on consumer demand that leads to closing retail stores as automation is known to cause job losses?

Exam question 9: explain the concept of socio economic desertification as occasioned by nearly total robotic job automation?  Explain the issue of causality in terms of the effect that automation has on consumer demand that leads to closing retail stores   as automation is known to cause job losses?