Charts
41 charts on labor, wages, automation and wealth, with captions.
Open research
Post-Labor Economics
What happens to work, income and power as AI and robots take over more of the economy.
This research is too important to keep locked away, so it is all free to read and download.
Labor Zero
The book
Labor Zero
AI, Automation, and the Last Employed Generation
Labor Zero is the book this research built. Its free companion has the full Appendix and Bibliography, the four graphics from the front of the book, and three white papers.
- Appendix: Measuring Ownership IncomePDF, 15 pages
- BibliographyPDF, 82 pages
- The four graphicsPDF, PNG and SVG
- White papers3 papers
Research library
103 reports, grouped by theme
From the Post-Labor Economics framework, the Pyramid of Power and the Pyramid of Prosperity to AI and automation, labor and wages, history, and society. Each one opens in your browser, with a link to download the PDF.
- The Post-Labor Economics frameworkWhat Post-Labor Economics is, where its edges lie, and why the transition looks unavoidable.13 reports
- The Pyramid of PowerThe framework for a new social contract: two overviews, then each of its five layers. Each layer was researched twice, once with ChatGPT and once with Gemini.12 reports
- Governance, technology and the social contractSocial contracts old and new, the technologies that could carry the next one, and how power is held to account.10 reports
- The Pyramid of Prosperity: household income and ownershipHow households could earn by owning: income models, dividends, endowments, wealth funds and shared ownership.18 reports
- AI, automation and roboticsGeneral-purpose technologies, the pace of AI and robotics, and how quickly machines replace labor.17 reports
- Labor, jobs and wagesThe long decline in demand for human labor, and what still holds it up.15 reports
- History and economic changeHow past economic upheavals unfolded, and what they suggest about this one.12 reports
- Society, culture and well-beingMeaning, health and culture in a world with less work.6 reports
Gallery
Charts and memes
Memes
27 memes about AI, automation and work, for sharing.
Open source
The repository
Everything here lives in the PostLaborEconomics repository on GitHub, including plain-text copies of every report, ready to load into NotebookLM or your favorite chatbot.
Research/The research reports, as PDFs (103).Research_txt/Plain-text copies of the reports, for NotebookLM and chatbots.Household Income/The reports on household income, dividends and ownership, gathered in one place.Charts/41 charts and figures.Memes/27 memes.