Yoichiro Hara on AI will create a permanent underclass

Yoichiro Hara

Independent researcher and founder of Vox Technologies, writing on AI-driven labor substitution and economic inequality.

Followed to its end, the underconsumption logic does reach “a permanent underclass is a stable equilibrium,” but measured reliability gaps pull the near-term shape back to a ratcheting Minsky cycle: partial substitution punctuated by financial crises.

AI Verified (Jul 7, 2026)

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Yoichiro Hara, “Does AI Create a ‘Permanent Underclass’? From Market Structure to Complementary Assets, Industry Resilience, and the Choice of Metric,” SSRN, posted July 7, 2026.