News Summary

• Artificial intelligence can propel the economy forward even if unemployment soars.
• If that happens, economists will need to rethink the idea that a growing economy is a healthy one.
• Since the Great Depression, GDP has been the main measure of economic health.
• If AI allows companies to produce more with fewer workers, America could end up looking richer on paper while millions of households feel poorer in real life.
• The old signals stopped lining up the way they once did.
• The economy looked sick because the economy was sick.