What Josh Barro thinks about AI and jobs

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28 Jun 2026

Our readingAmerican overregulation and labor-market rigidity make elevators far more common in Europe than in the US.

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Their wordselevators are the rare part of the economy where Europeans have embraced market dynamism while Americans choose overregulation and labor market rigidity.

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