The Case for AI Optimism

At the same time, safety-net programs like disability insurance need to be reformed so that people who can work, even in a limited capacity, are able to do so. Policymakers need to change how people access health care to allow greater mobility between jobs — the R Street Institute’s C. Jarrett Dieterle has outlined what that might look like in these pages. They should also reconsider regulations that pose a threat to business formation (which, in turn, pose a barrier to employment) and reform or repeal high-minimum-wage laws that weaken workforce participation among low-wage workers, particularly as the relative cost of capital investment falls.