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# Basil Halperin

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Author of 1 paper in this guide

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## Their papers in this guide

- [Forecasting the Economic Effects of AI](https://aifaultline.com/research/p/title-1291a6248b6de2d6/) [NBER](https://aifaultline.com/sources/nber/) · 2026

## Questions their papers address

- [Will AI actually boost productivity and growth?](https://aifaultline.com/debate/productivity/) (1 of 1 papers)

- [Will AI destroy more jobs than it creates?](https://aifaultline.com/debate/jobs/) (1 of 1 papers)

- [How fast will the impact arrive?](https://aifaultline.com/debate/pace/) (1 of 1 papers)

## Writes with, in this guide

[Connacher Murphy](https://aifaultline.com/authors/connacher-murphy/) (1), [Ezra Karger](https://aifaultline.com/authors/ezra-karger/) (1), [Jason Abaluck](https://aifaultline.com/authors/jason-abaluck/) (1), [Kevin A. Bryan](https://aifaultline.com/authors/kevin-a-bryan/) (1), [Otto Kuusela](https://aifaultline.com/authors/otto-kuusela/) (1), [Todd R. Jones](https://aifaultline.com/authors/todd-r-jones/) (1)

Co-authors on their papers here (6 of 6 shown).

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