AI and the Global Economy: Navigating a Historic Transformation

This policy report examines how AI is reshaping the global economy and public institutions over the next 30–40 years. It argues that AI automates not just tasks but agency—the translation of intent into execution—shifting scarcity toward compute, energy, physical throughput, and institutional legitimacy. The report maps impacts across labor, education, healthcare, government, finance, media, and geopolitics, and proposes a governance framework centered on legitimacy, public infrastructure, and distribution mechanisms to ensure broad-based prosperity.