Labor

Artificial intelligence promises to make our lives easier. But is the cost losing some of our humanity?

Economist Marie Mora discusses the deep economic crisis that has afflicted Puerto Rico for years

With journalism moving from a stable to a precarious profession, digital media workers have become some of the most organized in the startup world

One of America’s leading socialists discusses how a collectively owned economy would be structured, the limits of the welfare state, and what Keynes understood that Marx didn’t

Artificial intelligence doesn’t have to be a job killer—if we use it right

When workers are classified as independent contractors instead of employees, they fall into a hole not covered by many labor protections

As automation takes on more routine tasks, work will become more about creativity, ethics, and empathy

US counties with prison labor often have lower wage and employment growth

As technology and deregulation continue to shape the labor market, maintaining strong worker protections is as important as ever

Decades before it caught on with other economists, Sadie Alexander was the first economist to recommend a government jobs guarantee in the US

For years, governments in India and much of the developing world have followed the advice of a paper arguing that labor regulations actually hurt workers. The problem? The research was wrong.

Chaired by Nobel laureates Joseph Stiglitz and Michael Spence, INET has assembled a global team of leaders and scholars calling for new thinking & new rules for the world economy

The Rise of China and the Future of WorkArtificial intelligence could replace routine jobs but allow us to “pursue dreams”

William Lazonick has shown how the doctrine of “shareholder value” has hurt wages in the United States. But in Latin America, where family corporations dominate, the story is more complicated.

Economists who dismiss inequality as a problem secondary to poverty miss the point: Inequality is part of what drives poverty