{"slug": "basil-halperin-on-macroeconomic-policy-in-an-age-of-transformative-ai", "title": "Basil Halperin on Macroeconomic Policy in an Age of Transformative AI", "summary": "Basil Halperin discusses the macroeconomic implications of transformative AI on the Mercatus Center's Macro Musings podcast, exploring how AI-driven productivity gains could reshape fiscal and monetary policy. Halperin argues that rapid AI advancement may lead to structural shifts in labor markets and aggregate demand, requiring policymakers to adapt tools like automatic stabilizers and inflation targeting.", "body_md": "Article URL: \nhttps://www.mercatus.org/macro-musings/basil-halperin-macroeconomic-policy-age-transformative-ai\n\nComments URL: \nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49011838\n\nPoints: 1\n\n# Comments: 0", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/basil-halperin-on-macroeconomic-policy-in-an-age-of-transformative-ai", "canonical_source": "https://www.mercatus.org/macro-musings/basil-halperin-macroeconomic-policy-age-transformative-ai", "published_at": "2026-07-22 19:05:38+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-22 19:22:38.097194+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Basil Halperin", "Mercatus Center", "Macro Musings"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/basil-halperin-on-macroeconomic-policy-in-an-age-of-transformative-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/basil-halperin-on-macroeconomic-policy-in-an-age-of-transformative-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/basil-halperin-on-macroeconomic-policy-in-an-age-of-transformative-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/basil-halperin-on-macroeconomic-policy-in-an-age-of-transformative-ai.jsonld"}}