# What might our tax system look like in the age of AI?

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Podcast: [Marketplace Tech](https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-tech-318132)
Published: 2026-09-14T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2026/09/14/what-might-our-tax-system-look-like-in-the-age-of-ai
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## Resource

Our tax system was built around an economy where humans earn wages, companies employ workers, and both contribute to the public purse. So what happens if AI starts changing that equation? Marketplace’s Future Effects correspondent David Brancaccio has been exploring just that in his series, “Robots Ate My Taxes.”

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