We are not running out of jobs but running out of workers, particularly in most industrialized countries with low population growth, low birth rates, and heavily restricted immigration. This creates challenges not just for finding workers but for financing a large retired population expecting a decent standard of living in retirement.

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David Autor

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we're not running out of jobs. Uh we're much more running out of workers...we have a large retired population that's expecting...a decent standard of living in retirement, and you need workers to support that [10:20]

Source

A Threat Bigger than China | MIT Economist David AutorReid Hoffman
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:32:32 AM

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