Daron Acemoglu(@DAcemogluMIT):Dear followers, please see this Substack from @MITshapingwork about my research with Andrea Manera and Pascual Retrepo on the US tax code's bias toward automation. How the US tax code incentivizes companies to replace workers with AI

Daron Acemoglu

@DAcemogluMIT

Institute Professor @MIT, @MITEcon. Co-Director of @MITShapingWork. Author of Why Nations Fail, The Narrow Corridor, and Power & Progress.

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Daron Acemoglu@DAcemogluMIT

2026.10.23 13:20

Dear followers, please see this Substack from @MITshapingwork about my research with Andrea Manera and Pascual Retrepo on the US tax code's bias toward automation. How the US tax code incentivizes companies to replace workers with AI

MIT Stone Center on Inequality & Shaping Work@MITshapingwork

2026.10.22 19:33

The US tax system is biased against workers in favor of machines and algorithms, and has become more so in recent years. Our latest Substack post unpacks research from @DAcemogluMIT and co-authors: