Sunday, May 10, 2026

A Weird Labor Market

How to Make Sense of This Strange Job Market
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/job-market-unemployment-rates-charts-55c8e85c
It’s a labor market unlike any other: Unemployment has drifted up, layoffs are low, hiring is slow, and the economy needs far fewer new jobs than it did before.
 
AI Can’t Agree on Which Jobs AI Might Destroy
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-models-job-losses-4d31cb6f
Economists asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude which jobs were most exposed to AI. Many times, the answers varied widely.