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AI & Job Loss

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 5, 2023

I have long been on record with concerns about the connections between artificial intelligence and massive job loss. That was the subject of my first New York Times op-ed. Some people didn't like it because they noted that the nation had survived automation before and...

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The Four-Day Workweek

By Erik Loomis

On May 25, 2020

The four-day workweek makes so much sense that of course we will never adopt it. The world is watching New Zealand.Decisive early action, along with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s empathetic.

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Workers Should Not Have to Return to Terrible Low Wage Jobs

By Erik Loomis

On May 23, 2020

Leo Gertner and Shaun Richman are right. Unemployment insurance should be permanently changed to add this $600 a week. If employers don't like it, they can actually create jobs people.

Work in the New Gilded Age

By Erik Loomis

In General

On November 7, 2019

Good times for workers: Workers might feel more pressure to perform on the job when their boss is watching. A new biometric device is letting warehouse bosses make sure workers feel that pressure around the clock.The device is a wearable gadget connected to a harness...