What Paul Krugman thinks about AI and jobs
Trade economist, Nobel laureate in 2008 for his work on economic geography, professor emeritus at Princeton and the CUNY Graduate Center, and a New York Times columnist from 1999 to 2024. Now writes on Substack.
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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Paul Krugman has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsAmericans perceive the job market as being the worst it has been since Covid:
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Their wordsThe jury is still out on that one: So far there is little evidence for either the massive job losses or the soaring productivity growth industry leaders threatened/promised, but it’s still early days.
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