Isabella Loaiza - Beyond Exposure
The dominant framework for measuring AI's impact on jobs may be asking the wrong question entirely.In this episode, Ben sits down with Isabella Loaiza, economist and researcher at MIT, to challenge so...
23 Jul 41min
Jasmine Sun - The Youth's Love/Hate Relationship with AI
The backlash against AI among young people appears codependent as they rely on it for more and more, while also being some of its most vocal opponents.In this episode, Ben sits down with Jasmine Sun, ...
16 Jul 46min
Leah Boustan - What Immigration Tells Us About Economic Opportunity
The debate about immigration is usually framed around politics and labor markets. But the deeper story includes mobility. Who gets ahead, how, and why where they start determines so much about where y...
9 Jul 37min
John Boudreau - Are Business Leaders Listening to HR Theory?
Finance has net present value. Operations has bottleneck theory. What does HR have?In this episode, Ben sits down with John Boudreau, professor emeritus at USC and one of the most influential thinkers...
2 Jul 46min
Dan Hamermesh - Time, Beauty, and What Economics Gets Wrong About Work
Keynes predicted we'd be working 15-hour weeks by now. So what went wrong? Does it even matter?In this episode, Ben sits down with Dan Hamermesh, one of the most prolific and wide-ranging labor econom...
25 Jun 40min
Rachel Lipson - Bridging Business, Education, and Policy to Build a Better Workforce
What does it take to connect the worlds of academia, government, and industry around workforce development? The answer requires someone fluent in all three.In this episode, Ben sits down with Rachel L...
18 Jun 43min
Daniel Rock - What Automation Means for How We Organize Jobs
What happens to a job when AI touches it? The answer depends on something most frameworks aren't designed to measure.In this episode, Ben sits down with Daniel Rock, assistant professor at Penn and co...
11 Jun 42min
Alexis Fink - The Science of Making Work Not Suck
Most conversations about the future of work focus on technology. This one focuses on people.In this episode, Ben sits down with Alexis Fink, organizational psychologist and president of SIOP — the Soc...
4 Jun 43min
