How can we build a more resilient labor market?
Make Me Smart
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🗓️ 30 October 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
As big companies announce waves of layoffs, lots of workers are worried about AI coming for their jobs. On today’s show, we tune in to part of Kimberly’s recent panel discussion at Aspen Ideas: Economy. President of the AARP Foundation Claire Casey, 1Huddle founder and CEO Sam Caucci, and Union College of Union County New Jersey President Margaret McMenamin share their insights on building a more diverse and resilient labor market in the years ahead. Plus, we hear a listener’s recent win: sewing a historically-accurate dress to sport at the local Renaissance Faire. Nice stitching, Hannah!
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- "Layoffs are piling up, raising worker anxiety. Here are some companies that have cut jobs recently" from AP News
- "Tens of Thousands of White-Collar Jobs Are Disappearing as AI Starts to Bite" from The Wall Street Journal
- VIDEO: "Beyond Lip Service: Building a Resilient Labor Market" from Aspen Ideas: Economy
Join us tomorrow for “Economics on Tap.” The YouTube livestream starts at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time, 6:30 p.m. Eastern.
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| 1:52.5 | Hello everyone, I'm Kimberly Adams. Welcome back to Make Me Smart, where none of us is as smart as all of us. Over the past couple of weeks, we've seen waves of layoffs at some really big |
| 1:58.2 | companies, and it is clear, based on what they're saying, and also kind of what we're hearing through |
| 2:02.9 | the grapevine, that a lot of this has to do with AI in some way or another. |
| 2:08.0 | AI is really this big thing hanging over the job market, and a lot of folks are worried about |
| 2:12.9 | what it's going to mean for them. |
| 2:15.8 | Last week, I led a panel discussion at an Aspen Institute event |
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