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A NEW ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE: The Tyranny of Unexpected Second-Order Problems, from Jobs to Healthcare By Mark Anderson Why Read: There has been a New Economic Landscape arising over the last few years. While many say this is from AI taking jobs off the table, it's too early for this to be the cause of perhaps the greatest job losses and economic dislocations in 24 years. This week, we look at the larger causes and correlations, and their results, in order to understand this massive shift. ______ What are the major trends behind the restructuring of both the US and the world economy that have accelerated in just the last 24 months? What are the big changes that have, together, had a deep effect on the present and future? Are we facing a New Economic Landscape, perhaps almost as great as happened in the wake of a major world war? This week, we will examine this idea, looking for the intersection of very large- scale shifts and events that, cumulatively, are making radical - and not entirely positive - changes in how we experience life. What are they? Well, perhaps the most obvious is the difficulty in finding work, in layoffs and massive job losses. Let's take a look:
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