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AI’s Impact on Jobs: What Economists Might Be Getting Wrong

New technologies can be really disruptive to the labor market, but eventually new jobs emerge and things come back into balance. But could it be different this time with the rise of AI? Alex Imas, a professor at the University of Chicago, joins Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal on the Odd Lots podcast to discuss…

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New technologies can be really disruptive to the labor market, but eventually new jobs emerge and things come back into balance. But could it be different this time with the rise of AI?

Alex Imas, a professor at the University of Chicago, joins Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal on the Odd Lots podcast to discuss why the sheer speed of AI development could make it different from new technologies that came before it.
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  1. @autimz

    April 21, 2026 at 6:17 pm

    The productivity gains since the ’80s have gone directly to stock price, adjusted for inflation wages have basically been flat for the working class.

    All of it is sucked into the management class and the stock price

  2. @I_love_mbs

    April 21, 2026 at 7:26 pm

    We need an ai for your hair

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Alibaba’s AI Spending Spree, Concerns of Circular AI Financing | Bloomberg Tech 8/20/2026

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down the plunge in Alibaba’s profit after the company increased its quarterly capex to almost $10 billion for AI. Plus, a look at how Meta has quietly become one of Microsoft’s largest AI customers, and at defense tech startup Castelion’s plans to boost production of its hypersonic missile systems. 00:00:00 –…

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Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down the plunge in Alibaba’s profit after the company increased its quarterly capex to almost $10 billion for AI. Plus, a look at how Meta has quietly become one of Microsoft’s largest AI customers, and at defense tech startup Castelion’s plans to boost production of its hypersonic missile systems.

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Mayfield Bets on AI’s Earliest Founders

Mayfield has invested more than $3 billion in AI companies, much of it before founders have built a product or even formed a company. Managing Partner Navin Chaddha joins Bloomberg to discuss why he sees AI as a “100x opportunity,” why venture returns still depend on finding a handful of exceptional founders, and why Mayfield…

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Mayfield has invested more than $3 billion in AI companies, much of it before founders have built a product or even formed a company. Managing Partner Navin Chaddha joins Bloomberg to discuss why he sees AI as a “100x opportunity,” why venture returns still depend on finding a handful of exceptional founders, and why Mayfield is resisting the industry’s push toward ever-larger funds to stay focused on early-stage investing. He joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.”
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The Defense Startup Taking a SpaceX Approach to Missiles

Defense startup Castelion has raised $1 billion at a $13 billion valuation as it races to scale production of its Blackbeard hypersonic weapon system and develop new long-range and defensive capabilities. Co-founder and CFO Andrew Kreitz discusses why manufacturing thousands of weapons at low cost is the company’s central challenge, and how his experience at…

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Defense startup Castelion has raised $1 billion at a $13 billion valuation as it races to scale production of its Blackbeard hypersonic weapon system and develop new long-range and defensive capabilities. Co-founder and CFO Andrew Kreitz discusses why manufacturing thousands of weapons at low cost is the company’s central challenge, and how his experience at SpaceX shaped Castelion’s approach. He joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.”
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