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Updated · The Wall Street Journal · Aug 13Stripe CEO Polls 1.5 Million X Followers, Finding 4.3% Growth and 8% Employment Drop
1 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · Aug 13Summary
- 13,000 respondents to Patrick Collison’s X poll said they expect average economic growth to reach 4.3% over the next five years.
- That outlook also included an unusual split: respondents see growth roughly doubling while employment falls by about 8%.
- Collison, the Stripe chief executive, ran the survey among his 1.5 million followers to gauge their economic expectations.
Insights
Are these poll results predicting a real economic revolution, or simply echoing the dangerous optimism of an AI-obsessed tech bubble? Could the AI-driven startup boom doubling economic growth expectations actually trigger an unprecedented collapse in traditional employment?