@MITshapingwork

Economics research to revitalize labor market opportunities for workers without a college degree. Led by @DAcemogluMIT, @davidautor and @baselinescene.

 Cambridge, MA
shapingwork.mit.edu/
Joined May 2023
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MIT Sloan School of Management
@MITSloanOct 14
How many jobs will artificial intelligence eliminate? It’s a question that many people have been asking. But @Google's chief economist suggests that a more relevant question is how the technology will change the jobs that already exist. @MITshapingwork mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-…

AI and jobs: 4 takeaways from Google’s chief economist | MIT Sloan

Google’s Fabien Curto Millet examined how AI is reshaping job roles, workflows, and employee training in an address at the MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work.

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Can Erbil
@can_erbilSep 24
Excited to be there in person for this one. It’s always a special pleasure to see Daron, and even more so to have the chance to listen, learn, and exchange ideas with some of the best minds of our time. Looking forward to this! @DAcemogluMIT @MITshapingwork
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Simon Johnson@baselinesceneAug 14
I highly encourage everyone to read @DAcemogluMIT's latest book "What Happened to Liberal Democracy?" from @DuttonBooks, just released this week. Daron not only offers insightful analysis of how and why liberalism went astray, but also lays out a vision for a better path forward.
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Daron Acemoglu
@DAcemogluMITAug 11
Dear followers, My new book What Happened to Liberal Democracy?: Remaking a Politics of Shared Prosperity is out. It is an editors’ pick and top new release on Amazon. Thank you everybody for the support a.co/d/0iEzWjOg

What Happened to Liberal Democracy?

The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 raised hopes that we were one step closer to the triumph of liberalism. Soon, many predicted, we would all be living in functional liberal democracies....

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Daron Acemoglu
@DAcemogluMITJul 28
Dear followers, Please see this article based on chapter 11 of my forthcoming book Happened to Liberal Democracy? in the Atlantic. How to Make AI Work for Workers - The Atlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…

Automation Led to Economic Misery. AI Doesn’t Have To.

How to make AI work for workers

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Daron Acemoglu
@DAcemogluMITJul 27
My new book #WhatHappenedToLiberalDemocracy is out on August 11. Here is a brief message about my motivation for writing this book and its central thesis. Pre-order links are available here: shapingwork.mit.edu/what-hap…. I hope you will join me in the discussion.
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MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences@MIT_SHASSJul 27
“A lot of people have noticed that the world is not changing as fast as they predicted,” @MITEcon professor @davidautor says. He's quoted in a @guardian piece about AI's predicted workforce impacts. theguardian.com/technology/2… @MITshapingwork

The AI jobs apocalypse probably isn’t coming anytime soon

Artificial intelligence may not deliver on its promise of vast economic opportunity at a price that humanity is willing to pay

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Daron Acemoglu
@DAcemogluMITJul 17
Dear followers, see this Substack from @MITshapingwork on my recent paper “AI, Human Cognition and Knowledge Collapse.” Will AI lead to the collapse of collective knowledge? mitstonecenter.substack.com/…
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Social Science Bites@socialscibitesJul 8
Whose work most influenced you? Institute Professor of Economics at MIT and Nobel Prize winner, Daron Acemoglu, answers this question on a special episode. Hear from many of today’s leading social and behavioral scientists now: ow.ly/qPlY50ZlwXL
"...since the political scientist James Scott has recently passed away, I’ll say his book Seeing like a State, because it highlights how distortionary it is to impose designs on diverse people from above. And his focus is on what states do, which I think is a very important part of it." - Daron Acemoglu His headshot photo to the right with the Social Science Bites logo under it.

ALT "...since the political scientist James Scott has recently passed away, I’ll say his book Seeing like a State, because it highlights how distortionary it is to impose designs on diverse people from above. And his focus is on what states do, which I think is a very important part of it." - Daron Acemoglu His headshot photo to the right with the Social Science Bites logo under it.

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Simon Johnson@baselinesceneJun 29
As the USA approaches its 250th birthday, Gary Gensler and I take a look back at history — and consider what's next. How will AI, this era’s transformative technology, affect society and inequalities? Listen here: powerandconsequences.com/p/e…
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Daron Acemoglu
@DAcemogluMITJun 17
Dear followers, Please see this new article from @MITSloan on pro-worker AI, which draws from my recent paper with David Autor and Simon Johnson for @BrookingsInst mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-…

Pro-worker AI, explained | MIT Sloan

Artificial intelligence can make workers more capable and productive, but only if leaders design and deploy it to augment human judgment.

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Simon Johnson@baselinesceneJun 17
Pro-worker AI, explained @MITSloan just published this excellent article on my recent paper with @DAcemogluMIT and @davidautor on building pro-worker AI. The priority: finding new ways to expand human capabilities across levels of education and skill mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-…

Pro-worker AI, explained | MIT Sloan

Artificial intelligence can make workers more capable and productive, but only if leaders design and deploy it to augment human judgment.

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Simon Johnson@baselinesceneJun 10
My @ProSyn #InsiderInterview with Philippe Aghion is now freely available here: project-syndicate.org/onpoin… We discuss creative destruction and competition, reviving European dynamism, China, AI, and more
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MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences@MIT_SHASSJun 10
“The current view is that somehow agents are going to do a lot of the work and we just need to supervise them,” @MITEcon professor @DAcemogluMIT told @nytimes. He joined an expert panel to discuss the future of work in the AI age. nytimes.com/2026/06/09/magaz… @MITshapingwork

Who Will Actually Thrive in the Hybrid A.I.-Human Work Force

A panel of experts explains how job seekers should prepare for the future of work.

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Kara Miller
@karaemillerApr 6
On this week's "It Turns Out," I talk with @davidautor @MIT about how - a generation after millions of manufacturing jobs went to China - a slew of white-collar jobs may be headed in the same direction. How did this happen? Autor argues, in part: "The American political system has the attention span of a squirrel on cocaine." youtu.be/ZGgY_n5KLWI podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… @MITshapingwork @mitpress
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Simon Johnson@baselinesceneMar 16
simonhrjohnson.substack.com/… latest episode of Power and Consequences (Gary Gensler and Simon Johnson) on Economic Impacts from the Iran Conflict; substack post links to data sources and suggested additional reading #OOTT
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Schmidt Sciences@schmidtsciencesMar 10
The AI at Work program at Schmidt Sciences has launched a new request for proposals. We are funding ambitious technical research on how generative AI adoption influences the nature of work and the functioning of the labor market: schmidtsciences.smapply.io/p…
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Open to Debate
@OpentoDebateOrgMar 6
AI systems are now writing code, diagnosing diseases, designing buildings, and even generating art. Tools like @ChatGPTapp, @claudeai, @GoogleDeepMind, and autonomous robots are reshaping industries once thought immune to automation. Will AI usher in a new era of prosperity and leisure or a future of unemployment and inequality? Featured Debaters: Dr. @ruchowdh, @chrishughes (@economicsecproj), Simon Johnson @baselinescene (@MITshapingwork), and @AndrewYang. Moderated by @JohnDonvan. This is the fifth debate of The Hopkins Forum series, co-presented by @snfagora of @johnshopkinsu and @opentodebateorg. Photo credit: Poll Bravo of @JHUBloombergCtr. Watch now on YouTube, or listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
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Daron Acemoglu
@DAcemogluMITMar 4
Have you read our mini-comic adaptation of Power and Progress yet? Download the comic for free at the link below
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Princeton Economics@PrincetonEconMar 2
Founding Director of Princeton’s Program for Research on Inequality, @EDerenoncourt, joined a symposium on “Why Wealth Inequality Matters,” hosted by @MITshapingwork. Read more here: bit.ly/4b4QSDW
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