All Scenarios

Higher effective tax rates on the largest multinational enterprises through coordinated global frameworks.

An annual tax on accumulated net assets rather than income.

Broad-based taxes on spending, that maintain revenue as labor income declines.

State-owned investment vehicles for AI infrastructure and upstream supply chains.

Payments to individuals for the use of their data in training AI models.

Government funding for compute infrastructure or energy to increase competitiveness or democratize AI access.

Modernizing unemployment insurance to expand eligibility and duration.

Free or heavily subsidized access to essential services such as healthcare, education, housing, or transportation.

Scaling-up tax credit programs to reach a broader set of workers.

Adapted copyright and patent frameworks for AI training data and AI-generated outputs.

Dedicated bodies with technical capacity to monitor high-risk AI systems.

Legal frameworks assigning financial responsibility for AI-caused harms.

Competitive markets of licensed private regulators selling compliance services to AI companies.

Pre-legislated fiscal rules that activate automatically when economic indicators cross defined thresholds.

Adaptations to central bank frameworks to manage AI-driven disruptions to prices and employment.

Competition enforcement to prevent monopolistic control over essential AI infrastructure.

Corporate structures requiring directors to balance societal benefit alongside shareholder returns.

Legal duties requiring AI developers to act in users' and society's interests.

Reserved board seats at AI companies for workers or public interest representatives.

Non-controlling government equity stakes in AI companies and critical technology firms.

Public purchasing rules that shape AI markets and attach public benefit obligations.

Structured government-private collaborations to co-finance and co-govern AI infrastructure.

International frameworks distributing AI's economic gains to lower-income countries.

Multilateral development bank financing for AI infrastructure with benefit-sharing conditions attached.

Strengthened collective bargaining giving workers a voice in AI adoption decisions.

Tax incentives and subsidies connecting displaced workers to skills development.

Comprehensive AI literacy embedded across all education levels.