How AI Broke the Entry-Level Job
Weisberg, Nate. 'How AI Broke the Entry-Level Job.' Washington Monthly, 29 May 2026.
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Weisberg, Nate. 'How AI Broke the Entry-Level Job.' Washington Monthly, 29 May 2026.
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Fear of AI job loss up from 28 percent to 40 percent.
Mercer (Marsh). Global Talent Trends 2026. Released 25 February 2026. (Fear of AI job loss up from 28 percent to 40 percent.)
UC Berkeley Haas; eight-month study inside a 200-person firm.
Ranganathan, Aruna, and Xingqi Maggie Ye. 'AI Doesn't Reduce Work, It Intensifies It.' Harvard Business Review, February 2026. (UC Berkeley Haas; eight-month study inside a 200-person firm.)
World Economic Forum. 'How AI is Changing the Nature of Entry-Level Work.' March 2026.
May, Ben, director of global macro research.
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Oxford Economics (May, Ben, director of global macro research). 'Evidence of an AI-driven shakeup of job markets is patchy.' Research briefing, January 2026. oxfordeconomics.com/resource/evidence-of-an-ai-driven-shakeup-of-job-markets-is-patchy/ and perma.cc/4F35-4NLL
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Massenkoff, M. and McCrory, P. 'Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence.' Anthropic Research, March 2026. anthropic.com/research/labor-market-impacts
The 60 to 70 percent automation figure.
McKinsey & Company. 'The Economic Potential of Generative AI: The Next Productivity Frontier.' McKinsey Global Institute, June 2023. (The 60 to 70 percent automation figure.)