TL/DR: The Podcast

Episode 2: Rulemaking

For our next episode of TL/DR, we dig deeper into the rulemaking process - the process by which regulatory agencies create rules that implement a piece of legislation. We explore procedural questions such as the public comment period, and discuss ways for politically engaged citizens to participate in the process.

Episode 1: Artificial Intelligence & The Specter of Automation

For our first episode of TL/DR, we analyze popularly cited studies which predict that automation may eliminate upto 47% of American jobs. We also consider a couple of example professions that have been transformed by automation and think through policy implications of this coming wave. Resources [1] M.A. Osborne, C. B. Frey (2013); "The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs To Computerisation?"; Link:https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/The_Future_of_Employment.pdf [https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/The_Future_of_Employment.pdf] [2] Arntz, M., T. Gregory and U. Zierahn  (2016), "The Risk of Automation for Jobs in OECD Countries: A Comparative Analysis",OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, No. 189, OECD Publishing, Paris. Link:http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jlz9h56dvq7-en [http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jlz9h56dvq7-en] [3] Peter Reinhardt, "Replacing Middle Management Jobs with APIs", Link:https://rein.pk/replacing-middle-management-with-apis [https://rein.pk/replacing-middle-management-with-apis]