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July 17, 2025
Reasonable Panic
Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick is quietly launching the next wave of food automation through his new venture, CloudKitchens. He recently revealed a 60-square-foot machine that assembles 300 custom bowls per hour, cutting labor…
July 1, 2025
Irresistible Force, Meet the Immovable Object
Some important new numbers are out on the future of the US labor supply, highlighting how a confluence of factors—demographic aging, economic growth, and restrictive immigration policy—are conspiring to create historically tight…
June 23, 2025
The Future of Work Is a Liminal Space
It’s been another breathless week in the business of projecting how artificial intelligence will reshape the US (and global) labor markets. Following Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s warnings of an AI “bloodbath,” several major…
May 29, 2025
AI Has Invaded the Classroom—Here’s How We Catch Up
Artificial intelligence has quietly entered the nation’s classrooms. Teachers and administrators are scrambling to catch up. On April 23, the White House announced the Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth Executive…
May 29, 2025
Veteran Transition Services: Getting More Bang for the Buck
We recently released a new report examining the persistent challenges facing veteran transition services and outlining a path forward to improve how these programs are delivered, monitored, and evaluated. The report emphasizes…
May 22, 2025
Those College Grad, Knowledge Economy Blues (And What to Do About Them)
In a recent Atlantic Magazine article about how college graduates are faring in the labor market, columnist Derek Thompson highlights new data to the contest over whether the costs of a bachelor’s degree outweigh its…
May 7, 2025
Workforce Participation for Older Americans: Warning Lights Flashing
Over the past generation, the work trends for older Americans were one of the bright spots in an otherwise decidedly mixed labor force picture. But that is no longer the…
April 24, 2025
AI “Slop” Comes for Job Interviews
We have all gotten used to the idea that generative AI can help bad writers become better (or at least appear to be better) than they are when left to…
April 21, 2025
The City That’s Always Working
Among the sectors of the US economy most exposed to AI-driven automation is finance. This is unsurprising given that banking and financial advising are massive knowledge management operations, constantly scanning…
April 9, 2025
Measuring and Building Human Leadership in an AI World
A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research, Measuring Human Leadership Skills With AI Agents, presents evidence that artificial intelligence may soon play a central role in evaluating…