Why the Next Recession Will Be the First One AI Actually Changes
Historically, economic downturns have functioned as the ultimate arbiter of corporate survival. They are brutal, exogenous shocks that act as filters, separating the agile from the stagnant. In previous cycles—specifically the recessions of 1980, 1991, and 2008—surviving the contraction was largely a matter of defensive posturing. It was an era defined by manual cost-cutting, labor […]
