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.

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.

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...