Steering Technological Progress -- by Anton Korinek, Joseph E. Stiglitz
March 30, 2026
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Key points
- •AI and automation raise concerns about labor market impacts.
- •Steering technological innovation can increase labor demand and create better-paying jobs.
- •The welfare benefits of steering technology are greater the less efficient social safety nets are.
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