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POV: you, and all your coworkers, being replaced at work by AI
Having trouble imagining how the AI revolution will play out in the workplace? Here's a preview.
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Zack Exley
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These are the problems we'll be lucky enough to have if AI doesn't kill everyone (and what to do about them)
Yes, machines really are going to replace anyone who does their job on the Internet. Yes, it really will be the biggest economic and social revolution…
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Zack Exley
May 2021
To help vaccinate the world, Biden needs to step outside of his political tribe
Making U.S. vaccines available to all nations as fast as possible will require leadership that defies both progressive and conservative preferences.
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Zack Exley
April 2021
How to re-industrialize your country: A guide for forgetful presidents
Every industrialized nation got that way on purpose, with state-led investment a required piece of the process. The U.S. will not be able to get back to…
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Zack Exley
Why do rich nations need manufacturing?
Didn't we leave that behind in the 19th century?
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Zack Exley
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Gaps in Biden's Plan, Part 1
The American Jobs Plan is historic in it's scale, but we can't pat ourselves on the back yet.
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Saikat Chakrabarti
How to organize Amazon
The failed campaign in Bessemer, Alabama, does not prove that workers don't want a union. It shows that workers see no logic in the labor movement's…
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Zack Exley
When Are Booms ‘Booms’? When Are They Merely 'Inflations'?
Sometimes it seems as though every time public officials return to talking about productive Hamiltonian public investment, or speak in a balanced way of…
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Robert Hockett
Bidenomics: a giant leap for a president, a baby step for a nation
America is finally changing its mind about manufacturing. For the past several decades, Democratic and Republican administrations competed to see who…
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Zack Exley
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March 2021
What's needed to complete the new consensus
All across the political spectrum, those who think about and implement economic policy are rapidly gravitating toward a new consensus. Ideological…
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Zack Exley
Biden should invest in vertical farming
Biden’s plans to spend $3-5 trillion in a recovery package to rebuild the economy sounds very promising. In this series, we’re exploring ideas for him…
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Saikat Chakrabarti
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We know how to pandemic proof America. Will we?
I'm angry in advance at the Biden administration for not preventing the next pandemic--a pandemic which experts warn could be anywhere from 1/10th to 10…
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Zack Exley
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