Zack Exley

People have been predicting that machines would take all the jobs since the invention of the power loom. So far, they've been wrong every time. I'm going to make the case that this time really is different.

What happens to the economy when AI layoffs start? What are the realistic scenarios, and why will the standard government responses fail?

Universal Basic Income is what most smart people assume is at least part of the solution. It's not. And I don't mean insufficient or politically difficult. I mean the math doesn't work.

Every argument for UBI, followed all the way to its conclusion, ends up being an argument for public ownership. There's exactly one arrangement where the math works.

Technology is set to double our aggregate productivity once again — but in a totally unprecedented and upside down way. We know what to do about this. We just can't bring ourselves to think about it.

Two forgotten ideas that America needs now.

MAGA II will self-destruct and give progressives a chance at power in 2028. The Mission for America is a key to seizing that opportunity.

Here's a tool you can use to tell your favorite figures on X/Twitter that you'll leave it they do

Democrats must focus on real change, not attacking their own irrelevant fringe

Aside from the lies, hate, and riots.

Several forces are forcing global warming to take off. We're making plans for when political will finally does too.

Biden's expansion of protection for U.S. green industry is a good thing. Whining about China's strengths, however, is an embarrassing waste of time.

A comprehensive plan to build a clean economy that delivers prosperity for all

Having trouble imagining how the AI revolution will play out in the workplace? Here's a preview.

Yes, machines really are going to replace anyone who does their job on the Internet. Yes, it really will be the biggest economic and social revolution humans have ever faced. What is to be done?

Making U.S. vaccines available to all nations as fast as possible will require leadership that defies both progressive and conservative preferences.

Every industrialized nation got that way on purpose, with state-led investment a required piece of the process. The U.S. will not be able to get back to mass prosperity until we remember that.

Didn't we leave that behind in the 19th century?

The American Jobs Plan is historic in it's scale, but we can't pat ourselves on the back yet.

The failed campaign in Bessemer, Alabama, does not prove that workers don't want a union. It shows that workers see no logic in the labor movement's one-shop-at-a-time strategy.