Coffer stop: AI may shrink tax base

If Artificial Intelligence results in job losses or lower salaries, government revenues will fall. Our correspondent explains how best to tax the windfalls from AI. Paint is a surprisingly cheap way to cool buildings. And remembering the life of Stanislas Hutin , who revealed France’s barbarity in Algeria.

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Guests and host:

• Callum Williams, senior economics writer
• Nikita Ostrovsky, science writer
• Ann Wroe, obituaries editor
• Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered:

• AI, tax, wealth tax, consumption tax
• Climate change, paint, adaptation
• Stanislas Hutin, Algeria, France, war crimes

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