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The Mirage of “Pro-Worker AI” via Public Policy
Calls for governments to push “pro-worker AI” sound appealing. The idea is simple: If policymakers deftly guide how the technology develops, they can make sure it helps workers instead of…
Article
The End of Work? Not Yet—Maybe Not Ever
My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in the USA and around the world: Maybe this is an obvious point: If a) most “behind a screen” office tasks are fully automated by AI within…
Article
The AI Jobs ‘Bloodbath’ That Keeps Getting Postponed
My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in the USA and around the world: Perhaps the biggest source of US economic uncertainty this year is the job market. The trend isn’t great….
Article
Don’t Expect an AI Job Apocalypse
My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in the USA and around the world: Fears that technology will render human labor obsolete are nearly as old as industrial machinery itself. Of course,…
Op-Ed
How Misreading Somali Poverty Led Minnesota into Its Largest Welfare Scandal
…with Jim Crow and its legacy. Neighborhood-level poverty data tells the story. In the North Minneapolis Hawthorne neighborhood, among the city’s poorest, 38% of residents are Black, and 21% are…
Blog Post
The China Shock, Revisited (Again)
China’s economic ascent is likely remembered by many Americans as a story of shuttered factories and hollowed-out towns. Oh, and an anxious turn in U.S. politics that continues today. But…
Blog Post
The Battle for Usable Pricing in Health Care Is On-Going
…based on what providers think they can get away with rather than objective market realities. Second, Jim Jusko, Neil Mehta, and Christopher M. Whaley posted a succinct and clear exposition of the…
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Housing Affordability? Build, Baby, Build
Plain and simple (if not so easy politically): The cure for America’s housing crisis isn’t government subsidies or corporate scapegoats. It’s more homes. And this “supply and demand” solution isn’t…
Article
Time to Build … New US Cities
My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers, It’s unfortunate: America has forgotten how to build cities, or maybe it just lost interest. The last major one was Irvine, California, incorporated back in…
Blog Post
Learning by Doing: AI, Knowledge Transfer, and the Future of Skills
…opposed to physical, automation. AI-driven automation is part of the pathway to a more prosperous economy and society for ourselves and for future generations. As my AEI colleague Jim Pethokoukis recently…
Article
AI Is Having Job Effects. And That’s Ok
My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers, I’ve got something for everyone today. If you’re an AI optimist, this essay shows generative AI is having real-world impacts. So not algorithmic vaporware! And…
Op-Ed
Where Are the Pro-Family Senators?
…(R-MO) and Mike Lee (R-UT) — to advance pro-family measures. This means we need senators like freshmen Sens. John Curtis (R-UT), Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and Jim Banks (R-IN) to pick…