{"id":25618,"date":"2026-10-23T10:38:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T08:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/is-a-job-guarantee-the-solution-to-mass-ai-unemployment\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T10:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T08:38:20","slug":"is-a-job-guarantee-the-solution-to-mass-ai-unemployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/is-a-job-guarantee-the-solution-to-mass-ai-unemployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a job guarantee the solution to mass AI unemployment?"},"content":{"rendered":"

An old idea springs anew as a chorus of influential voices predicts that AI may trigger crises of vast magnitude<\/p>\n

In a preface to his book Capitalism and Freedom, the American economist Milton Friedman famously observed that a crisis can propel once-fringe ideas into the political mainstream.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly a crisis \u2013 actual or perceived \u2013 produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around,\u201d he wrote. The job of intellectuals, thinktanks and economists, he argued, is to refine the quality of these ambient ideas, so that good ones are ready when disaster strikes.<\/p>\n

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\nAn old idea springs anew as a chorus of influential voices predicts that AI may trigger crises of vast magnitude
\nIn a preface to his book Capitalism and Freedom, the American economist Milton Friedman famously observed that a crisis can propel once-fringe ideas into the political mainstream.
\n\u201cOnly a crisis \u2013 actual or perceived \u2013 produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around,\u201d he wrote. The job of intellectuals, thinktanks and economists, he argued, is to refine the quality of these ambient ideas, so that good ones are ready when disaster strikes. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An old idea springs anew as a chorus of influential voices predicts that AI may trigger crises of vast magnitude In a preface to his book Capitalism and Freedom, the American economist Milton Friedman famously observed that a crisis can propel once-fringe ideas into the political mainstream. \u201cOnly a crisis \u2013 actual or perceived \u2013 …<\/p>\n

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