AI Audit of Saez and Zucman's Wealth Tax Research Draws Scrutiny
sebkrier · x · 2026-11-11
Marginal Revolution flags an AI-powered audit of economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman's research. The two are central figures in wealth-tax and inequality research — and in the controversies over their methodology — making an AI systematic audit of their work a notable early case of AI applied to academic fact-checking. Details are in the linked post.
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