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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@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
@I_love_mbs
April 21, 2026 at 7:26 pm
We need an ai for your hair