# Who Wins and Who Loses in the AI Economy | John Burn-Murdoch

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Podcast: [Hidden Forces](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667)
Published: 2026-04-13T07:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In Episode 475 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with John Burn-Murdoch, columnist and chief data reporter for the Financial Times, about AI's impact on the economy and jobs, the widening ideological divide between young men and women, the global decline in fertility rates, the rising rates of depression and anxiety among 18-34 year olds, and the affordability crisis that is creating some of the most extreme demographic distributions of wealth and opportunity in history. The first hour covers Burn-Murdoch's path into journalism, the questions that animate his work, and the frameworks he uses to analyze and communicate complex social, economic, and technological trends. The conversation then turns squarely to the subject of artificial intelligence and to the central question animating much of the current discourse: What is AI going to do to the economy and our jobs? They look at what the data reveals about which jobs are most exposed, what the latest research reveals about the decline in entry-level hiring, and why it matters that this trend predates the arrival of large language models. They also draw on historical analogies — from the ATM to the internal combustion engine to the Internet — to think through how AI is both similar to and different from previous waves of automation, and explore what personal qualities and innate talents are likely to determine who thrives and who struggles in an AI-augmented economy. The second hour turns to AI's implications for education and journalism before broadening into an exploration of the deeper social and demographic trends that Burn-Murdoch has spent years investigating. They examine the widening ideological divide between young men and young women — what is driving it, what role technology and social media are playing…

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