Alex Tabarrok

AI position

Aware of x-risk

Blog recurringly covers AI existential risk debates but rarely engages the core AI-world roster directly.

Why influential

Owns a direct subscriber relationship and can repeatedly shape a high-value niche without depending on a traditional newsroom's front page. Primary policy lanes: economics; regulation; innovation; public health.

Who pays attention

Economists, founders, policy reformers, public-health professionals and innovation advocates

Work samples

• The Intelligence Revolution

  Jan 6, 2025 · article

  Tabarrok quotes and discusses Sam Altman's essay on AI agents and the path to superintelligence.

• Tyler and Alex Speak to OpenAI

  Jun 5, 2026 · article

  Blog post announcing/linking the fireside chat Cowen and Tabarrok did with OpenAI on the economics of AI.

• Tyler Cowen & Alex Tabarrok on AI, Jobs, and Economic Growth

  Jun 5, 2026 · podcast

  Fireside chat hosted by OpenAI, released on The a16z Show; Cowen and Tabarrok discuss AI's labor-market and growth effects.

• AI, Unemployment and Work

  Apr 1, 2026 · article

  Tabarrok/MR commentary on AI's labor market impact.

• The AIs are "One of Us" Now

  May 1, 2026 · article

  MR post on AI and social/economic integration.

AI-world contacts

• Sam Altman — CEO, OpenAI

  • Quoted / citeddirectness unclassified · Jan 6, 2025 — Tabarrok's post quotes at length Altman's essay on AI agents joining the workforce and the pursuit of superintelligence.

• Ronnie Chatterji — Chief Economist, Global Affairs, OpenAI

  • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified — Publicly engaged with Tabarrok/Cowen's OpenAI fireside chat on AI economics.

• Wyatt Thomson — Host/moderator of OpenAI fireside chat series, OpenAI

  • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified — Hosted the OpenAI fireside chat featuring Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok on AI, jobs, and economic growth (June 2026).