We measure how much of the economy AI does, country by country, and show our work.https://postlaboreconomics.comen-ushttps://postlaboreconomics.com/posts/what-post-labor-economics-meanshttps://postlaboreconomics.com/posts/what-post-labor-economics-meansMachines are taking on more of the paid thinking, and the useful question is no longer whether work changes but who loses it, who gains it, and how long the gap lasts.Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTlaborCordes Owenhttps://postlaboreconomics.com/posts/introducing-the-gross-intelligence-producthttps://postlaboreconomics.com/posts/introducing-the-gross-intelligence-productA new index that measures how much useful machine thinking the world produces, built only from statistics other people already publish, starting with the electricity AI actually uses.Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTgipCordes Owenhttps://postlaboreconomics.com/posts/the-job-thermometerhttps://postlaboreconomics.com/posts/the-job-thermometerPostings, payrolls and pay all point the same way: the screen-based jobs AI handles easily are cooling, and the work of building and wiring the AI economy is running hot.Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTlaborCordes Owenhttps://postlaboreconomics.com/posts/bigger-than-the-industrial-revolutionhttps://postlaboreconomics.com/posts/bigger-than-the-industrial-revolutionGenerative AI is spreading faster than electricity, the car or the internet, but history says the payoff and the pain both arrive on a delay, and the delay is where workers get hurt.Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTlaborCordes Owenhttps://postlaboreconomics.com/posts/data-center-electricianhttps://postlaboreconomics.com/posts/data-center-electricianAI's physical build-out is paying a premium for people who can pull wire, cool racks and run power lines, and most of those jobs start with an apprenticeship, not a degree.Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTlaborCordes Owenhttps://postlaboreconomics.com/posts/knowledge-is-free-creativity-isnthttps://postlaboreconomics.com/posts/knowledge-is-free-creativity-isntThe price of machine thinking is collapsing faster than any technology on record, which makes original ideas, taste and the nerve to bet the scarce things worth building.Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTlaborCordes Owenhttps://postlaboreconomics.com/posts/who-pays-for-peoplehttps://postlaboreconomics.com/posts/who-pays-for-peopleCash pilots, robot taxes, sovereign funds, shorter weeks and retraining all have real evidence behind them now, and none of them is free.Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTlaborCordes Owenhttps://postlaboreconomics.com/posts/sci-fi-scorecardhttps://postlaboreconomics.com/posts/sci-fi-scorecardWe graded a century of predictions about machines and work, from Bellamy and Forster to the Jetsons and Her, against what the data shows in 2026.Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTlaborCordes Owen