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On any given day, Groundwork's analyses, op-eds, reports, and commentary are featured in leading publications and on the most influential news programs and podcasts.
Two-thirds of workers say AI will damage the workplace, according to a poll from the Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive economic-policy think tank. The technology will either lead to layoffs or put more pressure on workers to produce more, the two-thirds said.
Among those who presented testimony at the hearing was Lindsay Owens, Groundwork Collaborative and author of the soon-to-be-released book, Gouged: The End of a Fair Price–and What That Means for Your Wallet; Robert Hedges, Former Chief Data Officer at Visa and Digital Fellow at MIT; and Hillary Caron of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
The average basket of 21 essential school supplies costs $173.45, a 7.7% increase from last year, according to an analysis by Groundwork Collaborative and The Century Foundation cited by Times of San Diego.
"Today's report shows a patchwork economy that is fraying at the seams," said Breyon Williams, chief economist at Groundwork Collective. "Trump's economic mismanagement has injected so much uncertainty into the economy that employers are not confident enough to add more people, but also have not initiated massive layoffs, creating a frozen job market where those with jobs are afraid to leave them and those without are stuck on the sidelines."
Economy lost 23k jobs; Labor force participation drops to lowest level in five years.
“AI and data centers are going to be a flash point for the next presidential election, and it’s good to see the chief tax writer in the Democratic Party take on this issue,” said Alex Jacquez, senior vice president at the Groundwork Collaborative, a left-leaning think tank, and a former Biden administration economic official. “It can’t be a substitute for all the other things we need to do. But the data centers need to be paying their fair share: These guys are getting fabulously wealthy, and it’s very clear the public is against them.”
Former Senior Adviser to Kamala Harris Mike Nellis, former Trump White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews, former VP & Executive Editor for MSNBC.com Richard Wolffe and Chief of Policy for Groundwork Collaborative Alex Jacquez join Ali Vitali to discuss the impact of Trump's economic policies.
Blue states and Democrats have led the charge on surveillance pricing, and Republican support is a significant development for getting federal regulations passed, Lindsay Owens, the president of Groundwork Collaborative and a witness at Tuesday’s hearing, told MT. “If you’re Big Tech right now, you’re pretty worried,” she said.
“C-shaped would suggest that maybe we're seeing some compression in inequality — that as the high end does a little bit worse and the low end does a little bit better, we start to meet more in the middle,” said Elizabeth Pancotti, the vice president of policy, advocacy, and research at the Groundwork Collaborative, a left-leaning think tank. “I don't think we've seen any evidence to suggest that we're closing the gap on those things.”
In congressional testimony, Lindsay Owens raised the alarm about the hidden ways corporations are using personal data to increasingly gouge consumers.