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May 2, 2025
Without Qualified Workers, Our CHIPS Investments Could Be Money Down the Drain
Three years ago, the Biden administration, backed by big bipartisan majorities in Congress, launched the CHIPS and Science Act to revitalize domestic semiconductor manufacturing. After decades of outsourcing that reduced the U.S. production share…
April 9, 2025
Measuring and Building Human Leadership in an AI World
…human soft skills—long considered too complex and subjective to measure objectively. Conducted by Ben Weidmann and David Deming et al. at the Harvard Kennedy School, the study involved 249 participants…
March 19, 2025
AI and Jobs: Measuring Impact and Building New Assessment Tools
…Gold, Reporter, Axios 11:30 a.m. Q&A 12:00 p.m. Adjournment Related Content The Age of Uncertainty—and Opportunity: Work in the Age of AI Brent Orrell and David Veldran | American Enterprise…
February 11, 2025
AI and the Future of Work Looks Bright
…even wildly. The good news is that while real-world results are still scarce, available data points toward positive trends for both high-skill and middle-skill workers. A recent paper by David Deming, Christopher Ong…
November 22, 2024
A Side Effect of the Booming Job Market: Wage Inequality Is Way Down
…Not too shabby for an economy that has led the world in the post-COVID recovery. A recently revised 2023 study by MIT’s David Autor and his collaborators, Arindrajit Dube and Annie McGrew, adds to…
November 15, 2024
Calibration: Making AI a Partner at Work
…AI impacts their lives. This is unfortunate. Evidence suggests, rather, that less-educated workers should be more open to trusting the tool. Research from Andrew Caplin, David Deming, and their coauthors shows that…
March 19, 2024
Conservatives Distrust Higher Ed—But Still Need Degrees
Ideological opposition to “woke” colleges and universities could harm conservatives and rural communities. American’s faith in our colleges and universities has seen a marked decline in recent years, with the percentage of…
March 14, 2024
On the Front Porch with Brent Orrell and Tony Pipa: A Conversation with Carol Graham
…through investing in public services and the arts. Following this discussion, the event ended with a Q&A. —David Veldran Event Materials Carol Graham: The Power of Hope: How the Science of…
February 29, 2024
The Age of Uncertainty—and Opportunity: Work in the Age of AI
Abstract The question of how artificial intelligence will affect jobs, skills, and the future of work is open-ended, and answers have been uncertain and contradictory. As AI has advanced, forecasts…
February 20, 2024
The New Right’s Attack on Markets Is as Ignorant as the Old Left’s
In The Next American Economy (2022), Samuel Gregg provides a refreshing defense of free markets, emphasizing the need to frame the case for economic liberty within a broader narrative about America’s values…