Two economists just published a mathematical proof that AI will destroy the economy.
Not might. Not could. Will — if nothing changes.
The paper is called "The AI Layoff Trap." Published March 2, 2026. Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Boston University. Peer reviewed. Mathematically modeled.
The conclusion is one sentence.
"At the limit, firms automate their way to boundless productivity and zero demand."
An economy that produces everything. And sells it to nobody.
Here is how you get there.
A company fires 500 workers and replaces them with AI. A competitor fires 700 to keep up. Another fires 1,000. Every company is behaving rationally. Every company is following the incentives correctly. And every company is building a trap for itself.
Because the workers who were fired were also customers.
When they lose their jobs faster than the economy can absorb them, they stop spending. Consumer demand falls. Companies respond by cutting costs — which means automating more workers — which means less spending — which means more falling demand — which means more automation.
The loop has no natural exit.
The researchers tested every proposed solution. Universal basic income. Capital income taxes. Worker equity participation. Upskilling programs. Corporate coordination agreements.
Every single one failed in the model.
The only intervention that worked: a Pigouvian automation tax — a per-task levy charged every time a company replaces a human with AI, forcing them to price in the demand they are destroying before they pull the trigger.
No government has implemented this. No major economy is seriously discussing it.
Meanwhile the numbers are already tracking the curve. 100,000 tech workers laid off in 2025. 92,000 more in the first months of 2026. Jack Dorsey fired half of Block's workforce and said publicly: "Within the next year, the majority of companies will reach the same conclusion."
Nobody is doing anything wrong. Companies are following their incentives perfectly. That is exactly the problem.
Rational behavior. At scale. Simultaneously. With no mechanism to stop it.
Two economists built the math. The math leads to one place.
Source: Falk & Tsoukalas · Wharton School + Boston University ·
https://t.co/4m8E9jQNYm
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BREAKING:
Islamist Fulani militias carried out a massacre on Palm Sunday against Nigerian Christians in Plateau State.
12+ people were murdered by Islamists on motorcycles in the Palm Sunday Massacre in Angwan Rukuba
This video shows a mother holding her son for the last time
>Be Noelia Castillo Ramos
>Your parents love you
>They fall on difficult financial times
>You are ripped away from them by the government
>Your grandmother and mom are crying and begging
>They bring 12 police officers to stop any resistance
>You are placed in a “teen shelter” full of muslim migrants
>You aren’t allowed to leave
>The staff treats you like you are worthless
>The muslim teens decide to gang r*pe you
>You think you will get help
>Nobody comes. Nobody listens.
>They rape you again, with even more people this time
>You try to report it
>The women in charge of the shelter are woke liberals
>They refuse to report it to avoid making muslim immigrants look bad
>They won’t do anything
>You try to be happy
>You can’t move on
>You jump from the 5th story of the building
>By the grace of God, you live
>You are injured, but you still have hope
>The state tells you about the option of euthanasia
>You pass it off at first
>The trauma keeps replaying in your brain
>Still, nobody is helping
>You feel hopeless
>Spain is falling
>You decide to do it because you feel worthless
>Your dad fights to keep you alive for years
>He loses in two different liberal courts
>You are scheduled for euthanasia
>The days pass
>You do an interview, which is really a desperate cry for help
>Still, nobody does
>The date gets closer
>They keep you isolated so you have no idea there is so much love and support is outside
>Your best friend desperately tries to get up to talk to you
>She is blocked by doctors who seem to take pleasure in the power they have
>The process begins
>You are alone and probably pretty scared
>You feel like you have no choice
>The sedative sets in
>The last thing you see is a cold, dark hospital room
>The toxin is administered
>Your lungs slowly stop working
>You die in your sleep
>Your abusers still face no consequences
>You become a monument to the failure of a state that was supposed to protect you
Bill Maher delivers a surprising moment on air as he calls out the slaughter of CHRISTIANS in Nigeria that the media refuses to cover.
“If you don’t know what’s going on in Nigeria, your media sources SUCK,” Maher said.
“You are in a BUBBLE. I’m not a Christian, but they are systematically killing the Christians in Nigeria.”
“They’ve killed over 100,000 since 2009. They’ve burned 18,000 churches… They are literally attempting to wipe out the Christian population of an entire country. Where are the kids protesting this?” he asked.
Maher’s diatribe drew a huge reaction from the crowd, and a big THANK YOU from Rep. Nancy Mace for bringing it up.
“Absolutely,” Maher responded.
The Left lectured us for the last decade about the dangers of violence from the Right
From the assassination attempts of President Trump
To Brian Thompson, the United Healthcare CEO, being murdered
Now to Charlie Kirk
The danger was actually on the Left
@curiosityonx A gentle reminder that humans know very little. Can’t remember where I saw this, but it’s estimated that humans know less than 1% of what can be known. That changed my perspective of everything!