Famed economist Claudia Sahm outlines a job-market scenario more dire than the white-collar meltdown that's been going viral

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• There's a job market scenario more dire than a rapid AI-fueled white-collar recession.
• The economist Claudia Sahm said she's worried more about a more "slow-moving" crisis.
• That's because policymakers would be slower to provide stimulus, potentially resulting in more pain.

The job market may be at risk from AI, but it won't be an apocalyptic white-collar recession that some have predicted.

Claudia Sahm, the top economist best known for her recession indicator...