Stephen Dubner

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14,500 appearances 96 recordings 4 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 3d ago

Stephen Dubner’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Freakonomics Radio · 685. How to Survive the A.I. Shock · 4 Sep 2026 podcast

For those of you keeping score at home, which seems to be everyone these days, two of those are red states and two are blue. voice-verified

One goal of Raise Us is a reform of job training. voice-verified

Ramondo and I spoke about job training back in 2018, the first time. voice-verified

She was on Free Conomics Radio. voice-verified

It's episode three hundred thirteen. voice-verified

If you want to listen, it's called How to Be a Modern Democrat and Win. voice-verified

At the time, she was governor of Rhode Island. voice-verified

So now I asked Raimondo, with train and pray off the table, what will success look like for Raise Us? voice-verified

We spoke with Raj Chetty, the Harvard economist, who I believe is on your advisory board as well. voice-verified

And he raised a point that in order to measure this success well, you have to figure out your time horizon for one. voice-verified

What kind of data infrastructure would you need, whether it's from firms or elsewhere? voice-verified

You need access to earning records and so on. voice-verified

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You talked about the AI firms in particular having an interest for a variety of reasons. voice-verified

I wonder how you think about whether employers have a moral obligation to protect workers going forward. voice-verified

My sense is that we believe the government does have a moral obligation to protect its citizens, including employees and so on. voice-verified

But when you think about the leverage and employee voice-verified

Employers now have in the economy. voice-verified

We mentioned earlier that shareholder profits are at an all time high. voice-verified

How do you think about that question, the moral obligation of a firm to protect workers, or at least to think about them as, you know, maybe workers first, but also citizens second? voice-verified

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