Policy
What Work Does Generative AI Do?
Essays SEP 8, 2026
By: Alexander Bick, Adam Blandin, David Deming, Tyler Schumacher
AI, Tech & Energy
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Abstract
This is a weekly post we publish every Friday with links to articles we think anyone interested in equitable growth should read. We won’t be the first to share these articles, but we hope by taking a look back at the whole week we can put them in context.
Unemployment is going down, but where’s the wage growth?
Justin Wolfers highlights the puzzle of why wage growth hasn’t taken off. [the upshot (opens in a new tab)]
The practice of economics
“[E]very regression has a coefficient that will break your heart,” says Claudia Sahm in a piece that details all the ways research can fail. [on sabbatical (opens in a new tab)]
Global trends
Ryan Avent argues the current digital and information industrial revolution will be more disruptive than the first two revolutions. [the economist (opens in a new tab)]
Cardiff Garcia lists all of the factors that promote disinflation across the globe. [ft alphaville (opens in a new tab)]
Frances Coppola points out that the global savings glut and the global debt glut are one in the same. [coppola comment (opens in a new tab)]
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What happens to U.S. workers without access to Unemployment Insurance amid economic downturns or disruptions related to AI?
Essays SEP 2, 2026
By: Megan Rivera
AI, Tech & Energy
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Economic research shows immigration is good for U.S. workers, the economy, and affordability
Essays AUG 31, 2026
By: Christopher Bangert-Drowns
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Household Economic Security
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
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