Building a Civilian Labor Corps: Bracing for the AI Job Apocalypse. Non-Negotiable #2.

Today we’re tackling our second non-negotiable pillar of establishing a Civilian Labor Corps, and the timing couldn’t be more critical. You may have picked up on chatter in the wind about the impending job apocalypse at the hands of artificial intelligence (AI). I’m here to tell you that this is real. It is coming faster and more furiously than you realize, and we are wholly unprepared. This episode breaks down the speed and totality of what’s coming in the AI revolution and speaks to how prominent economists from history through today would manage the impending employment crisis.

Chapters

Prologue: 00:00:43

Introduction: Storm Clouds. 00:03:52

Chapter One: The Coming AI Job Apocalypse. 00:06:52

Chapter Two: Full Employment. 00:20:55

Chapter Three: Breaking from Neoliberal Thinking. 00:28:34

Bring It Home, Max. 00:37:26

Post Show Musings: 00:42:23

Outro: 01:10:58

Watch

YouTube Video: Unpacking the Ceasefire Agreement: Shades of the Iran Hostage Deal. https://youtu.be/Bnfzl1xWumc

Resources

Goldman Sachs: What to expect from AI in 2025: hybrid workers, robotics, expert models

Levy Institute: Working Paper No. 542 Keynes’s Approach to Full Employment: Aggregate or Targeted Demand? 

Fisher Phillips: U.S. House Delivers Sweeping AI Report: 10 Biggest Takeaways for Employers

118th Congress: Bipartisan House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence

Congressional Budget Office: Artificial Intelligence and Its Potential Effects on the Economy and the Federal Budget

Congressional Research Service: The Macroeconomic Effects of Artificial Intelligence

Convin: Is AI a Threat to the BPO Industry? AI in BPO Industry Explained

UNFTR Episode Resources

Housing First: Non-Negotiable #1.

The U.S. Economy: Have we reached a boiling point?

Has “Creative Destruction” Reached Silicon Valley? The Capitalism Trap.

Modern Monetary Theory. Can we afford it? Yes. Yes, we can.

F*ck Milton Friedman. The Chicago school of economics.

Book Love

Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo: Good Economics for Hard Times

Kurt Vonnegut: Player Piano

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