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When I was in 4th grade, everyone in my class had grand ideas about what they wanted to be when they grew up: a professional basketball player, a firefighter, a professor (I grew up in a college town), a farmer (that was also in the country). I can’t say there was anyone who wanted to be a retirement economist; that came later.
I recently spoke to a 4th grade teacher who told me her students say that when they grow up, they are worried there won’t be any jobs at all. Yes, this is just an anecdote, but considering the persistent narrative that the job market is about to crater, it is not surprising. More than half of Americans fear AI will take their job.
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Allison Schrager is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal.