If AGI lands, the AI buildout will be seen as total vindication of neoliberalism, argue economists
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-09-25
Quoting @jegilliland, Afinetheorem endorses a contrarian macro argument: if AGI actually arrives, the resulting boom in industrial capacity from robotics and society-wide wealth creation will look like total vindication of neoliberalism.
- Financialization and "neoliberal policy" in the US allowed massive global capital pools to flow to high-value uses
- That enabled the rapid AI buildout now underway
- If large productivity gains materialize, today's narrative of deindustrialization and offshoring as a "generational mistake" may be replaced
The reframing: the late 20th and early 21st centuries were an enormous capital-accumulation phase, freeing civilization-scale liquid capital that could ultimately accelerate the most consequential technological phase-change in human history.
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