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← A falling labor share accelerates the downward spiral of the country into oligarchy.

17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 15 May 2025 to 28 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under America America Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under China China Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A falling labor share accelerates the downward spiral of the country into oligarchy. A falling labor share accelerates thedownward spiral of the country intooligarchy. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Oct 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-10-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI's anti-labor bias may accelerate a downward spiral into oligarchy. — tap to centre the map on it AI's anti-labor bias may acceleratea downward spiral into oligarchy. Last stated yesterday 28 Oct 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Falling AI costs strengthen the returns to ownership while weakening the bargaining position of replaceable labor. — tap to centre the map on it Falling AI costs strengthen thereturns to ownership while weakeningthe bargaining position ofreplaceable labor. Last stated a week ago 22 Oct 2026 PK Paul Kedrosky — holds since 2026-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: The United States' share of global GDP and equity markets will keep shrinking, and that decline is accelerating. — tap to centre the map on it The United States' share of globalGDP and equity markets will keepshrinking, and that decline isaccelerating. Last stated 9 months ago 9 Feb 2026 JC JL Collins — holds since 2026-02-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: The AI boom will depress the demand for labor in the economy. — tap to centre the map on it The AI boom will depress the demandfor labor in the economy. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Oct 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-10-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Concentrated private capital becomes an oligarchy too powerful to be checked even by a democratic political society — tap to centre the map on it Concentrated private capital becomesan oligarchy too powerful to bechecked even by a democraticpolitical society AE Albert Einstein — holds since c. 1949 — tap for who they are Same subject: Societal collapse characterized by falling populations and rising mortality is a disaster rather than a positive transition to decentralization. — tap to centre the map on it Societal collapse characterized byfalling populations and risingmortality is a disaster rather thana positive transition todecentralization. Last stated 3 months ago 1 Aug 2026 PW Patrick Wyman — holds since 2026-08-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The most likely bad outcome is not a takeover but a gradual loss of control and understanding, as fewer and fewer people understand what we have layered everywhere. — tap to centre the map on it The most likely bad outcome is not atakeover but a gradual loss ofcontrol and understanding, as fewerand fewer people understand what wehave layered everywhere. Last stated a year ago 17 Oct 2025 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A declining manufacturing share of GDP as an economy matures reflects economic success rather than decline. — tap to centre the map on it A declining manufacturing share ofGDP as an economy matures reflectseconomic success rather thandecline. Last stated 11 months ago 23 Nov 2025 AB Andrew Batson — holds since 2025-11-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on diesel exports would raiseoverall fuel prices and damageAmerica's energy superpower status. Last stated 4 weeks ago 1 Oct 2026 AE Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports ismore likely to raise prices thanlower them. Last stated a month ago 23 Sept 2026 JM Josh Marshall — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated 2 months ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. — tap to centre the map on it A "good business" now means one thatcan display quarter-on-quarter stockgrowth, not one that makes goodproducts at a fair price. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling — tap to centre the map on it A competitive market involves nopersonal rivalry and no personalhaggling MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. — tap to centre the map on it A market becomes commodified throughfungibility of alternatives, notmerely through lower price. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moonbefore America returns would be adefeat for the free world. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Aug 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for. — tap to centre the map on it A continental army's first missionis to keep the regime in power, notto defend the border — which is whatthe People's Liberation Army is for. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 SP Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot fund its ownindustrial strategy and call thesame policy cheating when China doesit. Last stated a year ago 15 May 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A falling labor share accelerates the downward spiral of the country into oligarchy. Last stated 18 Oct 2026 · 2 weeks ago Holds Paul Krugman Read this korrent →