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David Autor
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MIT labor economist; Ford Professor of Economics; leading researcher on technology and employment
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Location: United States
economics (4)
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policy (4)
future-of-work (3)
inequality (3)
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David Autor
votes For
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Although I do not at all like the idea of universal basic income because I don't think it solves many problems, and I think it creates others, I do like the idea of what some people call universal basic wealth where people are granted the endowment o... more Unverified source (2026)
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David Autor
votes For
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I think we have a collective interest in managing this transition well. And if successful, we will be more affluent. We will have more possibilities. But it does not follow that those will be at all evenly distributed unless we take actions in that d... more Unverified source (2026)
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David Autor
votes Against
and says:
Although I do not at all like the idea of universal basic income because I don't think it solves many problems, and I think it creates others, I do like the idea of what some people call universal basic wealth where people are granted the endowment o... more Unverified source (2026)
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David Autor
abstains
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My concern is not about us running out of jobs per se. In fact, we're running out of workers. The concern is about devaluation of expertise. [...] AI will mostly affect specific occupations and roles and tasks rather than entire industries. We don't ... more Unverified source (2026)
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