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# David Lawrence Clingingsmith

Author of 1 paper in this guide

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## Their papers in this guide

- [Computerized Machine Tools and the Transformation of U.S. Manufacturing](https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-1162-rest-a-287/) [The Review of Economics and Statistics](https://aifaultline.com/sources/the-review-of-economics-and-statistics/) · 2025

## 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)

## Writes with, in this guide

[Jiwon Choi](https://aifaultline.com/authors/jiwon-choi/) (1), [Leah Platt Boustan](https://aifaultline.com/authors/leah-platt-boustan/) (1)

Co-authors on their papers here (2 of 2 shown).

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