Jason Furman, the former White House chief economist now at Harvard University, has used artificial intelligence to build a platform that can do work once handled by teams of economists — and it has left him wondering what happens to the people who used to do those jobs. He joins Stephanie Flanders to talk about AI’s impact on work, education and the economics profession, and what the US midterm results reveal about the politics of affordability and the backlash against data centers.

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The Stephanomics podcast is back. Every week, host Stephanie Flanders takes one big question about the global economy and follows it wherever it leads. From trade and technology to inflation, central banks and markets, the conversation will connect the dots between the forces reshaping the world economy. Listen to new episodes every Thursday.

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The historic Democratic midterm victory will reshape Washington come January, but what will it actually change for the US economy? Stephanie Flanders is joined by Oren Cass, founder of the American Compass think tank, and Bloomberg reporter Josh Wingrove to look beyond the election to the next two years. Can either party address voter frustration with the economy, and how much of Donald Trump’s economic agenda is likely to endure?

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