Principled Business Webinar: Labor Market Resilience in the Age of AI

​As artificial intelligence reshapes how businesses operate and how people work, the labor market is becoming more dynamic—and more diverse. Workers are increasingly combining traditional employment with freelancing, independent work, entrepreneurship, and other flexible arrangements.

​In this conversation, economist Liya Palagashvili will discuss how AI may influence jobs, skills, business formation, and the growth of new forms of work. But the central question is not simply how technology changes work—it is whether labor markets are resilient enough to help businesses and workers adapt. She will explore how businesses can respond to changing opportunities and how policies like portable benefits can empower the next generation of workers by helping them build security and flexibility as AI transforms the economy.

​Liya Palagashvili is a senior research fellow and director of the Labor Policy Project at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a Visiting Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. Her research focuses on labor markets, independent work, portable benefits, and artificial intelligence. Her work has been cited in congressional hearings and the Federal Register and has informed federal and state legislation on independent workers and portable benefits. She has testified before committees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and several state legislatures. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Fortune, Forbes, and The Hill.

​Join us for an accessible conversation about the future of work and the institutions needed to help workers and businesses thrive in a changing economy.