An analysis of ten jurisdictions’ approaches to automation and income redistribution reveals diverse strategies and underlying political values.
The Menu: What Ten Answers Reveal
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The Menu: What Ten Answers Reveal
Analyzing how ten jurisdictions respond to AI and automation pressures, revealing varied approaches to income, capital, work, skills, and institutions.
After the Paycheck: The Book I Wrote Because Nobody Else Would Tell the Truth About AI and Your Income
Author Thorsten Meyer releases ‘After the Paycheck,’ analyzing AI’s impact on jobs, ownership, and economic security, emphasizing ownership over automation.
The Gulf: Own the Capital
Gulf states are investing heavily in AI infrastructure to own the next economy, using oil wealth for strategic capital deployment amid shifting global dynamics.
Canada: The Proof It Didn’t Keep
Canada delivered a near-universal basic income via CERB in 2020, proving it feasible, but the program was temporary. The debate on permanent income support continues.
The United Kingdom: The Pragmatist’s Hedge
Post-Brexit UK adopts a middle-ground strategy with Universal Credit, flexible labor markets, and light AI regulation, aiming to keep options open amid economic shifts.
The labor share. Is value really moving from labor to capital? The data isn’t on anyone’s side yet.
Current data shows the US labor share remains stable over 70 years, but early signals suggest potential shifts at the margins due to AI. The debate continues.
The stake. Why the answer to automation is broad-based ownership, not a bigger transfer.
Thorsten Meyer argues that expanding ownership of capital, not increasing transfers, is the market-friendly way to address automation’s economic shifts.
The policy menu. There’s no single answer. There’s a menu — and choosing is a values choice in disguise.
Exploring the diverse policy options for managing AI-driven economic shifts, emphasizing values, uncertainties, and the importance of a balanced approach.
The Atlas. What the framework is.
An in-depth look at the Post-Labor Transition Atlas, a new empirical framework analyzing AI-driven labor displacement, policy responses, and structural alternatives as of 2026.
