Christos Makridis
Economist, Arizona State University
Signed the letter · Academia · United States
Associate Research Professor at the W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, and a Digital Fellow at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. Previously served on the White House Council of Economic Advisers and as senior adviser on the National Artificial Intelligence Institute at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Author of work on technology and labor markets, including 'The Politics of AI' and 'The labor market effect of generative artificial intelligence on artists'. Holds PhDs in economics and in management science and engineering from Stanford University. Signed the wemustactnow.ai open letter.
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Sources
- “Senior Adviser on the National Artificial Intelligence Institute at the Department of Veterans Affairs” — source
- About - Christos A. Makridis
- The Politics of AI
- “Signed the wemustactnow.ai open letter” — source
In the network
2 co-authors on the map · PageRank #356 of 400 · bridge #146 of 400 · 4 steps from Erik Brynjolfsson · cluster: Taxation and economic mobility.
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Documented positions
Will AI actually boost productivity and growth? agrees
His difference-in-differences study of U.S. administrative data finds that greater occupational AI exposure raises sector output by about 7%, with effects emerging from 2021.
Evidence
- AI, Output, and Employment
- “sectors more exposed to generative AI have experienced large gains in output, employment, and wages” — source
Will AI destroy more jobs than it creates? disagrees
Finds employment rises about 4% where AI complements human work and shows no significant effect where AI can perform tasks independently, and writes that AI is not destroying jobs.
Evidence
- AI, Output, and Employment
- “AI is not destroying jobs.” — source
Will AI widen inequality? leans agree
Finds AI exposure lowers the labor share, with workers capturing only part of AI-driven output growth, and examines broad employee ownership as a way for workers to share in AI-related surplus.
Evidence
- Who owns the gains from AI? Employee ownership, tokenization, and the distribution of income
- “Workers are capturing only about 29 cents of every dollar of AI-driven output growth” — source
Should governments act on AI now? unknown
No documented evidence reviewed yet.
How fast will the impact arrive? unknown
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Selected work
Writes with
Eric Zwick (1), Nicholas Bloom (1)
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