We analyze the forces that are eroding job quality and labor market opportunities for non-college workers and identify innovative ways to move the economy onto a more equitable trajectory.
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April 2024
The Urgent Need to Tax Digital Advertising
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April 2024
Automation, Inequality, and Productivity
April 2024
The Simple Macroeconomics of AI
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Apr 8, 2024
Amanpour & Company on PBS: AI Could Actually Help Rebuild the Middle Class, Says MIT Economist
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Mar 22, 2024
Odd Lots: The Economist Who Believes AI Will Be Great for the Middle Class
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Mar 19, 2024
Washington Post Opinion: AI doesn’t have to destroy jobs. It can empower the working class.
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