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Work and the economy

Every wave of automation destroyed some trades and created others, but rarely for the same people or in the same places. We look at what the data say about employment, productivity and the concentration of wealth, and at the proposals for sharing the gains.

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Questions that guide this topic

  • Which tasks does AI already automate, and which not?
  • Do we need a basic income, or are there better alternatives?
  • What happens to countries whose advantage was cheap labor?

Articles

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How to cite this page

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Peace The Frontier (2026). “Work and the economy.” https://peacethefrontier.com/en/topics/economy/

BibTeX

@misc{ptf2026economy,
  author   = {{Peace The Frontier}},
  title    = {Work and the economy},
  year     = {2026},
  url      = {https://peacethefrontier.com/en/topics/economy/},
  language = {english}
}