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Is a job guarantee the solution to mass AI unemployment?

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A Guardian Technology article examines whether a job guarantee could address mass unemployment predicted by influential figures if AI advances. It cites Milton Friedman's observation that crises can push once-fringe ideas into the mainstream.

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“An old idea springs anew as a chorus of influential voices predicts that AI may trigger crises of vast magnitude In a preface to his book Capitalism and Freedom, the American economist Milton Friedman famously observed that a crisis can propel once-fringe…”
Guardian Technology, 23 Oct 2026, 10:00.

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