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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
There's lots to be said for the "abundance" movement but it says too little about distressed places. Interesting take from @timbartik.bsky.social @dkthomp.bsky.social @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social @yappelbaum.bsky.social @andreperryedu.bsky.social @brookings.edu @upjohninstitute.bsky.social
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Pleased to see our @brookings.edu data points on AI geography help anchor Carl Frey @nytimes.com comment reiterating that ec decline is not inevitable. Early reaction will allow "adaptation and survival." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/opinion/ai-job-loss-deindustrialization.html
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Opinion | The 1970s Gave Us Industrial Decline. A.I. Could Bring Something Worse.
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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Already lots of well-placed outrage at the dismissal of the BLS Commissioner late last week; just want to add how much I have appreciated and relied on BLS data for the past 25 years to tell the story of regional economies. Hope their vital, non-political work continues. cc: @markmuro1.bsky.social
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Glad to see @bradsmi.bsky.social at @microsoft.com affirm the concern many of us have about the social and geographical divides we're seeing between AI's readiness haves and have-nots. shorturl.at/Ai48N If #AI is transformative we need to work harder on inclusion, equity, broad readiness
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Across the country, we’re seeing AI spark incredible innovation, but some regions are racing ahead, and others risk being left behind. | Brad Smith
Across the country, we’re seeing AI spark incredible innovation, but some regions are racing ahead, and others risk being left behind. If we want AI transformation to reach every community, we need to...
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
What to make of the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan Here are 15 short takes (including mine) on the Trump #AI agenda from @brookings.edu scholars www.brookings.edu/articles/wha... @drturnerlee.bsky.social thanks for instigating @shriyared.bsky.social
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What to make of the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan | Brookings
Scholars across Brookings discuss the Trump administration's newly released AI Action Plan and its implications.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
@brookings.edu’s new AI mapping suggests these elements of a fed strategy to support readiness in diverse regions: --Boost AI research --Scale AI cluster Dev --Expand talent pipelines --develop infrastructure --Support worker adjustment rb.gy/1lpbeu @hboushey.bsky.social @dylanmatt.bsky.social
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Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap | Brookings
The AI revolution across 387 U.S. metropolitan areas and assessing how the nation and local economies are positioned to create, apply, and harness AI.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Wish it were cooler here in Washington DC!
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap www.brookings.edu/articles/map...
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Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap | Brookings
The AI revolution across 387 U.S. metropolitan areas and assessing how the nation and local economies are positioned to create, apply, and harness AI.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
If #AI matters for productivity and ec gains, it matters WHO is "ready" to adopt it--and WHERE. See our new @BrookingsInst AI readiness mapping. See here: www.brookings.edu/articles/mapping-the-ai-economy-which-regions-are-ready-for-the-next-technology-leap/?b=1 @berkeleyolab.bsky.social
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Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap | Brookings
The AI revolution across 387 U.S. metropolitan areas and assessing how the nation and local economies are positioned to create, apply, and harness AI.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Hey thanks for working on this @peterha21.social
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Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
ICYMI: check out this new @brookings.edu analysis by @markmuro1.bsky.social @shriyared.bsky.social mapping the #AI economy. Among others they find high concentration in a limited number of metro areas, but numerous other regions are home to meaningful AI activity www.brookings.edu/articles/map...
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Re the #AI divide! Last week we mapped it in #AI readiness: www.brookings.edu/articles/map... Now, @msftresearch.bsky.social shows it re ChatGPT use: www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/the-emerging-ai-divide-in-the-united-states/?msockid=22dc082541af6a272d501bc340fd6bb3 @brookings.edu
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Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap | Brookings
The AI revolution across 387 U.S. metropolitan areas and assessing how the nation and local economies are positioned to create, apply, and harness AI.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Now out: Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap. New research from me and @shriyared.bsky.social @brookings.edu www.brookings.edu/articles/map...
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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
As the #EU drifts into discontent, it eyes dismantling its main tool for development & the one policy that binds its parts. Cohesion is the scaffolding of the idea of #Europe & the key to unlocking the continent’s untapped potential ec.europa.eu/regional_pol... doi.org/10.1080/0013...
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Thank you @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social for distilling the critical need for complement "superstar" concentrations of #AI development with readiness in the rest of the country. And note this will likely be a problem in Europe too. @brookings.edu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social @calebwatney.bsky.social
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Here are 4 takeaways from our new @brookings.edu benchmarking of U.S. regions' #AI readiness: --Rapid growth --Extreme concentration --More geographic diffusion --Persistent opportunity gaps www.brookings.edu/articles/mapping-the-ai-economy-which-regions-are-ready-for-the-next-technology-leap/
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Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap | Brookings
The AI revolution across 387 U.S. metropolitan areas and assessing how the nation and local economies are positioned to create, apply, and harness AI.
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Ruo Shui @ruoshuiresearch.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
interesting to see which cities are more cloud/data ready and following through
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Building AI cities: How to spread the benefits of an emerging technology across more of America | Brookings
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Our new @brookings.edu mapping finds six types of AI clusters in the U.S. Superstars Star Hubs Emerging Centers Focused Movers Nascent Adopters Others www.brookings.edu/articles/map...
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
“Mapping the AI economy” My new report w/ @shriyared.bsky.social @brookings.edu www.brookings.edu/articles/map... @shiraovide.bsky.social @profhicks.bsky.social @nickbunker.bsky.social @berkeleyolab.bsky.social @pkrugman.bsky.social @kevinroose.com @conorsen.bsky.social
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
NEW: “Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are readiest for the next tech leap.” Here's a look at the geography of AI from @shriyared.bsky.social & myself @BrookingsInst @BrookingsMetro www.brookings.edu/articles/map... @yappelbaum.bsky.social @byheatherlong.bsky.social @karenhao.bsky.social
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
"Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technological leap.” New report from @shriyared.bsky.social and myself See how your metro is doing! @brookings.edu www.brookings.edu/articles/map... @robpuentes.bsky.social
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Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap | Brookings
The AI revolution across 387 U.S. metropolitan areas and assessing how the nation and local economies are positioned to create, apply, and harness AI.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Great to see @codeforamerica.org mapping gov't readiness for #AI across all 50 states. Later this week @brookings.edu will map AI ec dev readiness across 300+ metros. It's definitely time to get ready! @emollick.bsky.social @econberger.bsky.social @robpuentes.bsky.social @shiraovide.bsky.social
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Delighted to help Tej Parikh explain America's ec divides in the FT Red and Blue America continue to represent "fundamentally contrasting economies" on.ft.com/4lelvdP @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social @brookings.edu @pbump.com @annielowrey.bsky.social @crampell.bsky.social @jfallows.bsky.social
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A tale of two Americas
[FREE TO READ] Donald Trump’s policy agenda does not address Republican economic realities
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
"It's hard to AI-proof your job or career given so much uncertainty" about both. Great comment from @adamclarkestes.com @vox.com in good story quoting @emollick.bsky.social and I on #AI infusion into work www.vox.com/technology/418525/ai-chatgpt-google-office-work-white-collar-jobs
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Don’t let AI steal your job
It’s okay to hate AI’s encroachment into work. Learn to use it anyway.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
So glad you guys find the discussion useful. Note that it applies to #AI as much as trade shocks, and some of the outlines about what to do about such shocks apply both to trade and automation, and to now as much as earlier @bencasselman.bsky.social @brookings.edu @alexsjacquez.bsky.social
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
How can policymakers help communities left behind by globalization and automation? My excellent podcast guest Gordon Hanson (who coined the term "China Shock") weights in www.brookings.edu/articles/how-can-policymakers-help-communities-left-behind-by-globalization-and-automation/ @brookings.edu
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How can policymakers help communities left behind by globalization and automation?
In this episode of Metro Blueprint, experts discuss ways to address the regional economic consequences of globalization. Mark Muro, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Gordon Hanson, the W...
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Universities are critical for filling innovation gaps in less dynamic, under-performing regions Important new research from Fiona Murray @mitsloan.bsky.social Mercedes Delgado notes key role of higher ed in struggling places mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t... @mazzucatom.bsky.social
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U.S. universities are filling a regional innovation gap | MIT Sloan
Universities can seed regional economic growth by attracting and training top talent who go on to file patents and found local companies, a new study shows.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
AI inroads update: Danielle Abril asks, Will a slower economy accelerate AI workforce impacts, disruption? I add a few thoughts to a good speculative story. wapo.st/4kRgYxi @brookings.edu
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Why companies may soon accelerate replacing jobs with AI
Tough economic conditions could be the catalyst for AI adoption in corporate America as more companies turn to automation, economists predict.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
To me the major question is whether adoption hurdles, organizational drag, and such buy workers more time than @darioamodei.bsky.social forecasts before significant #AI relayed layoffs @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev @mattyglesias.bsky.social @dylanmatt.bsky.social @robseamans.bsky.social
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Tulsa has worked to diversify its oil & gas economy, including with a popular worker attraction program. Economist @timbartik.bsky.social @upjohninstitute.bsky.social likes it. www.upjohn.org/research-highlights/each-dollar-spent-drawing-remote-workers-tulsa-delivers-4-benefit-current-residents
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Each dollar spent drawing remote workers to Tulsa delivers $4 benefit to current residents
Study finds 58 to 70 percent of Tulsa Remote workers would not have moved to Tulsa without the program
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
U.S. needs a new High Speed Computing strategy if it wants to maintain innovation leadership, writes Jack Dongarra New funding, more training, and more partnerships are all essential theconversation.com/challenges-t... @calebwatney.bsky.social @kevintfrazier.bsky.social @shriyared.bsky.social
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Challenges to high-performance computing threaten US innovation
Today’s supercomputers are enormously powerful, but the work they do − running AI and tackling difficult science − is pushing them to their limits. Building bigger supercomputers won’t be easy.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Augury of U.S.? Proliferation of China data centers creates numerous "distressed assets" Good reporting in @techreviewjp.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/26/1113802/china-ai-data-centers-unused h/t @shriyared.bsky.social
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China built hundreds of AI data centers to catch the AI boom. Now many stand unused.
The country poured billions into AI infrastructure, but the data center gold rush is unraveling as speculative investments collide with weak demand and DeepSeek shifts AI trends.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
China built 100s of AI data centers to catch the AI boom. Now many stand unused, says @caiweicaiwei.bsky.social in MIT Tech Review Is that a caution for the U.S.--or no? www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/26/1113802/china-ai-data-centers-unused/amp/?utm_source=tldrai h/t @shriyared.bsky.social
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China built hundreds of AI data centers to catch the AI boom. Now many stand unused.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Key disconcerting insight from new @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social analysis for Swedish data: The knowledge produced is often too specialised, too mobile, or too detached from local industrial #ecosystems to anchor prosperity in place. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343404.2025.2462712
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The local economic impact of the Swedish higher education system
This article examines the role of Swedish higher education institutions (HEIs) in economic development, focusing on the impact of their research capacities on local economic activity. Globally, HEI...
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Good to see @kevinfrazier.bsky.social @lawfaremedia.org riff on our & others' work on #AI regional divides and need to counter gaps by promoting diffusion Trump #AI Action Plan should defend U.S. leadership by promoting wider geographic adoption @shriyared.bsky.social @joeldodge07.bsky.social
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Your Town Needs AI Experts, Not Just More GPUs
Geographic barriers to AI expertise threaten progress. A national strategy for diffusing AI knowledge may be essential.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Interesting new #AI geography work: #AI emp declines rapidly with distance from AI #innovation hotspots, report @Jennifer Hunt, Iain Cockburn, and James Bessen www.nber.org/papers/w33022 @nickbloom.bsky.social @robseamans.bsky.social @shriyared.bsky.social
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Is Distance from Innovation a Barrier to the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence?
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
CHIPS Act rules--say for workforce pathways--aren't "everything-bagel liberalism." As Joel Dodge notes they are actually necessary and valuable conditions to improve factory build-out. And there are many more examples in Biden industrial policy. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/24/i...
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In Defense of Everything-Bagel Liberalism | Washington Monthly
Critics warned that the Biden administration put so many conditions on the grants it offered to semiconductor manufacturers that the centerpiece of its industrial policy would fail. Those conditions t...
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Growing from the middle out: An economic model of good jobs for the heartland, by the heartland Solid thinking from Ben Armstrong and Elisabeth Reynolds at MIT's MIT Industrial Performance Center www.brookings.edu/articles/gro... @brookings.edu @byheatherlong.bsky.social @drodrik.bsky.social
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Growing from the middle out: An economic model of good jobs for the heartland, by the heartland
Tight labor markets and increased investment in manufacturing represent economic tailwinds favoring the growth of high-quality middle-wage jobs across the United States.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Well that's good: The Trump administration is walking back its April 1 decision to zero out millions in funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers whose contracts were up for renewal in 10 states. @drodrik.bsky.social @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Good to see @a16z.bsky.social inclusion of "Regional AI hubs" concept in new policy agenda for "Little Tech" #AI Need more pointed "place-based" policy to accelerate regional clusters--look for more coming from The Brookings Institution a16z.com/a-policy-blu... @mattperault.bsky.social
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A Policy Blueprint for US Investment in AI Talent and Infrastructure | Andreessen Horowitz
The US government should invest in AI talent and infrastructure to ensure that Little Tech has the ability to compete and thrive.
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Todd Tucker @toddntucker.com · 15/04/2025
The CHIPS Act is alive... In South Korea. As a share of GDP, their package is 22 times larger than what even Biden pledged. South Korea unveils $23 billion support package for chips amid US tariff uncertainty. www.reuters.com/technology/s...
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South Korea unveils $23 billion support package for chips amid US tariff uncertainty
South Korea announced on Tuesday an increase in its support package for the country's vital semiconductor industry to 33 trillion won ($23.25 billion), up about a quarter from a 26 trillion won package unveiled last year.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
#AI is different from earlier forms of automation--& workers are worried about it writes @danielleabril.bsky.social w/ comments from @MollyKinder + myself Society, gov/t, civil society need to get serious re adjustment www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/08/ai-job-loss-work/ @brookings.edu
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Americans worry AI is coming for these jobs
A Pew Research survey shows that Americans and experts agree on some jobs they think will be most affected by artificial intelligence.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
My quote in excellent @bencasselman.bsky.social take below on tariff plan to quickly recreate #usmfg "Golden Age:" "It's not very plausible to think you can turn off one ec order and turn on another" in months. @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev @conorsen.bsky.social @profhicks.bsky.social
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
And here's the #AI part of the university research crisis I've been posting about this week. @matteowong.bsky.social reviews threats that could jeopardize the AI boom and further progress
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Slashing university research flows harms local regional industry clusters as well as nation’s international competitiveness. @RonBrownstein writes, with data and comments from @brookings.edu www.cnn.com/2025/04/13/politics/trump-universities-research-economy-nih-cuts/index.html
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Analysis: Trump’s drive against top universities could carry a big economic cost | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s offensive against elite universities is also an assault on the nation’s most economically dynamic metropolitan areas — and a threat to America’s global competitiveness.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Another problem with Trump research wars: Harming universities & their research activity hurts the metros they operate in--and that further harms the U.S. economy. See strong @RonBrownstein essay @CNN cnn.com/2025/04/13/p... @ranaforoohar.bsky.social @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev
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Analysis: Trump’s drive against top universities could carry a big economic cost | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s offensive against elite universities is also an assault on the nation’s most economically dynamic metropolitan areas — and a threat to America’s global competitiveness.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Worth a look: @RonBrownstein @cnn.com essay on Trump offensive vs research universities leverages @brookings.edu data on these hubs' importance as regional ec engines and core assets in the China competition. cnn.com/2025/04/13/p...
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Analysis: Trump’s drive against top universities could carry a big economic cost | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s offensive against elite universities is also an assault on the nation’s most economically dynamic metropolitan areas — and a threat to America’s global competitiveness.
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The lesson of the "China shock" isn't actually about trade. It's about how hard it is for workers and communities to adapt to rapid economic changes. Now Trump is trying to reshape the global economy overnight, with potentially devastating consequences. #EconSky www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/b...
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The ‘China Shock’ Offers a Lesson. It Isn’t the One Trump Has Learned. (Gift Article)
Economists say the U.S. manufacturing decline in recent decades was not mainly about free trade, but about the pace of change without time to adjust.
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markmuro1.bsky.social @markmuro1.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Immigration from abroad accounted for almost all of the return to population increases in 55 major metro areas in 2023-24, writes Bill Frey @BrookingsInst www.brookings.edu/articles/rec...
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Recent immigration brought a population rebound to America’s major metro areas, new census data show
Cities and core counties within major metro areas saw demographic rebounds.
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