40% unemployment and a 3-day work week: they're the same thing, top economist says

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The artificial intelligence debate has a framing problem, and one of America’s most prominent economists has an idea about how to fix it.

“The first thing that people think about when they think about reducing work is unemployment,” Alex Tabarrok told Fortune. “But reducing work could mean, you know, a shorter work week. It could mean a longer retirement, a longer childhood, more holidays.”