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Carson Block: AI to Displace Knowledge Workers, Trigger Retirement Outflows

6/29/2026

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Short-seller Carson Block warns that artificial intelligence will displace a significant portion of the world’s highly paid knowledge workers within a few years.
He says the displacement will reduce aggregate demand and turn retirement-account inflows net-negative as workers begin withdrawing funds.
He predicts workers will stop contributing to retirement accounts and start pulling money out.

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Short-seller Carson Block warns that artificial intelligence will displace a significant portion of the world’s highly paid knowledge workers within a few years.
He says the displacement will reduce aggregate demand and turn retirement-account inflows net-negative as workers begin withdrawing funds.
He predicts workers will stop contributing to retirement accounts and start pulling money out.