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Comment by Betsey Stevenson

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Labor economist and professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan; former member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
We could lower taxation on human workers and raise taxation on capital investments like AI. A shift away from taxing people to taxing capital will recognize the important role that humans play in generating the data on which artificial intelligence relies.
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Betsey Stevenson, quoted in “Stevenson: Society must address inevitable shift to AI-driven labor through comprehensive policy reform,” University of Michigan Ford School, January 30, 2026.
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Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy
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AI Verified Stevenson explicitly proposes lowering tax on human workers and raising tax on capital investments such as AI, directly supporting the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2h ago
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AI Verified Stevenson explicitly proposes lowering worker taxation and raising tax on AI capital investment. Recorded answer: for. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2h ago

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AI Verified University of Michigan Ford School, Jan. 30, 2026, quotes Betsey Stevenson with this wording verbatim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2h ago
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