Kenneth Rogoff on The economic gains from frontier AI sho…

Kenneth Rogoff

Economist; Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Harvard University and former Chief Economist of the IMF

To avoid deepening social fractures, it will need to find ways to distribute the benefits of AI more broadly rather than allowing them to remain concentrated in the hands of a small group of first movers and tech billionaires.

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Kenneth Rogoff, “Will the AI economy create a permanent underclass?”, The Guardian, June 2, 2026.

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The economic gains from frontier AI should be shared with every person on Earth

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AI Verified The quote calls for AI benefits to be broadly distributed rather than concentrated, strongly supporting shared gains. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The quote calls for broadly distributing AI benefits rather than concentrating them. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The Guardian (June 2, 2026) contains this exact Kenneth Rogoff wording. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI will create a permanent underclass

Countries that fail to carve out a place for themselves in the emerging AI economy risk ending up on the losing side of this century’s most consequential economic transformation. With no windfall profits to redistribute and no surge in tax revenues t...

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