When 16 Nobel laureates in economics and more than 200 economists and researchers issue a joint warning, Washington should listen.

Their message is blunt: Artificial intelligence is poised to restructure the global economy at an unprecedented pace and scale.

You wouldn’t know it from Washington. The United States has no plan for the fallout. Experts are pleading for safety nets and regulatory guardrails; policymakers offer paralysis. The country faces a disruption unlike anything in its history, and its economic playbook remains blank.

Instead of getting ahead of the damage, the federal government is treating a systemic, paradigm-shifting economic crisis like a passing tech trend. Innovation moves at exponential speed; policy remains stuck in the past.

When the AI shockwave hits the domestic labor market, this lack of preparation will turn a challenging transition into a self-inflicted disaster.

Congressional offices are fixated on the escalating conflict with Iran. Lawmakers spend their days on troop deployments, drone logistics........

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