If A.I. Takes the Jobs of Young People, How Will They React?

If A.I. Takes the Jobs of Young People, How Will They React? The Democratic electorate is already moving left, but that may be nothing compared with what happens when unemployment really starts to rise. In the first column in this series, I wrote about how the economic reality for young people in this country doesn't exactly match the bleak picture that is sometimes painted of it. In the second, I offered a theory about the discontent that is nonetheless fuelling a new populist economic politics among college-educated Gen Z-ers and millennials. In short, these voters believe, not without reason, that the old-fashioned trappings of middle-class life--homeownership, stability, a sense of purpose--are out of reach.