Raghuram G. Rajan explains what governments and large employers can do to alleviate rising uncertainty about labor displacement.
US Census survey reveals AI adoption gap: 20% adoption among firms with <20 employees versus 37% among those with 250+. For IT leaders, this signals accelerating competitive divergence—large firms consolidating AI talent and advantage, creating urgency to invest in reskilling and AI tooling to avoid skill gap widening.
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Innovation
Aug 14, 2026
Raghuram G. Rajan
Even if AI-related job displacement is less severe than many feared, corporations will need to be enlisted in minimizing its effects in the name of social solidarity. To that end, governments should consider what policy incentives are in place, and large employers should consider their own long-term interests.
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