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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 22/06/2026

If Washington wants to help the workers who will be displaced by AI, it must “act ambitiously now, both because effective programs take time to build and because the public rightly senses that a sufficient safety net does not yet exist,” argues @jleibenluft.bsky.social.

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When Workers Lose to AI

How the U.S. government can soften the blow of automation.

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Washington Center for Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Equitable Growth Visiting Fellow @jleibenluft.bsky.social writes in @foreignaffairs.com today about how the U.S. government can soften the blow of automation by learning from the Trade Adjustment Assistance program. Read the full piece below.

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When Workers Lose to AI

How the U.S. government can soften the blow of automation.

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Shayna Strom @shaynalstrom.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

In this valuable new report, @jleibenluft.bsky.social examines what U.S. policymakers can learn from Trade Adjustment Assistance as they prepare for AI-related worker displacement. This report is part of EG’s broader series on lessons we should learn about economic policy & authoritarian populism.

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The rise of populism and the future of economic policy

A series of essays that explore the economic and cultural factors that contribute to the rise of populism and policy solutions.

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Jacob Leibenluft @jleibenluft.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

My new @equitablegrowth.bsky.social report: Policymakers anticipated trade might displace workers -- and thought they had the solution. As we prepare for AI's impact on the labor market, what can we learn from Trade Adjustment Assistance and where it fell short? equitablegrowth.org/research-pap...

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Lessons from past trade adjustment policies to support displaced workers in the era of artificial intelligence

The history of Trade Adjustment Assistance offers lessons for policymakers when addressing future job displacement, particularly job loss caused by AI.

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