MIT Stone Center on Inequality & Shaping Work

Economics research to revitalize labor market opportunities for workers without a college degree. Led by @DAcemogluMIT, @davidautor and @baselinescene.

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The Power and Consequences podcast with @baselinescene and Gary Gensler now includes video! Subscribe on YouTube to stay up to date with the latest episodes.

https://t.co/cMUyqTTHXb

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Co-director @davidautor was named to @TIME's 2026 #TIME100AI list, which recognizes the 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence. https://t.co/vBOdoHXoiQ

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New research from @DAcemogluMIT, @davidautor and co-authors finds that lower birth rates have not slowed economic growth over the past 70 years, and in fact have increased productivity per worker.

Read more on Substack: https://t.co/2Yt5wNccgK

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@baselinescene Link to episode: https://t.co/uMJjGylzbO

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Co-director @baselinescene: "We’re inventing AI in a society that’s already very unequal, and we’re plugging it into a labor market that’s already primed to become more polarized. I think the default course is for AI to reinforce those existing trends." Podcast linked below 👇

[Simon Johnson @baselinescene]

I highly encourage everyone to read @DAcemogluMIT's latest book "What Happened to Liberal Democracy?" from @DuttonBooks, just released this week. Daron not only offers insightful analysis of how and why liberalism went astray, but also lays out a vision for a better path forward.

[Daron Acemoglu @DAcemogluMIT]

Dear followers,
My new book What Happened to Liberal Democracy?: Remaking a Politics of Shared Prosperity is out. It is an editors’ pick and top new release on Amazon.
Thank you everybody for the support https://t.co/xOb2kNlAWn

[Daron Acemoglu @DAcemogluMIT]

Dear followers,
Please see this article based on chapter 11 of my forthcoming book Happened to Liberal Democracy? in the Atlantic.
How to Make AI Work for Workers - The Atlantic https://t.co/wpwMqwIS5C

[Daron Acemoglu @DAcemogluMIT]

My new book #WhatHappenedToLiberalDemocracy is out on August 11. Here is a brief message about my motivation for writing this book and its central thesis. Pre-order links are available here: https://t.co/Ov218cLBqt. I hope you will join me in the discussion.

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“A lot of people have noticed that the world is not changing as fast as they predicted,” @MITEcon professor @davidautor says. He's quoted in a @guardian piece about AI's predicted workforce impacts. https://t.co/NOp81nejfT @MITshapingwork

[MIT Stone Center on Inequality & Shaping Work @MITshapingwork]

Computers increased the earnings gap between workers with and without a college degree. But AI could have a very different impact, if it is deployed to enhance workers' expertise.
@davidautor discusses this possibility on @pushkinpods with @jacobgoldstein.
https://t.co/x4jhoTMlRl

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The Stone Center is #hiring Predoctoral Researchers at MIT!

Predocs will work with @DAcemogluMIT, @davidautor, and/or @baselinescene to support research on inequality, technology, labor markets, and globalization.

Learn more and apply by August 2: https://t.co/SVxcAjhmsJ

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(4/) Read the paper: https://t.co/Ji98BZBJIp

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(1/) Many experts predict that declining birth rates across the globe will hamper economic growth. However, new research from @DAcemogluMIT, @davidautor, Keelan Beirne, and Andrew Scott finds the opposite. 🧵

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(3/) The researchers argue this effect is driven by firms developing and adopting labor-saving technology in response to an ageing, shrinking workforce, which increases productivity per worker.

[Daron Acemoglu @DAcemogluMIT]

Dear followers, see this Substack from @MITshapingwork on my recent paper “AI, Human Cognition and Knowledge Collapse.”
Will AI lead to the collapse of collective knowledge?
https://t.co/3tEWfjsIdI

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Will AI replace workers en masse? @baselinescene argues that it doesn't have to — but we must fill a critical gap in AI development and investment today. AI companies & business leaders are heavily focused on replacing workers, rather than increasing the demand for human skills.

[Social Science Bites @socialscibites]

Whose work most influenced you?

Institute Professor of Economics at MIT and Nobel Prize winner, Daron Acemoglu, answers this question on a special episode.

Hear from many of today’s leading social and behavioral scientists now: https://t.co/M2dL5nRc40

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When companies rush to automate work, are they missing out on an opportunity to gain a competitive advantage? A more transformative use of AI could be expanding the capabilities of their human workforce. @MITSloan

https://t.co/gf749SdeAc