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news Project Syndicate 2026-05-15

California's Capitalist Approach to AI Governance and Inequality

California is presented as the potential leader in developing AI governance that balances worker protection with innovation. The state is also expected to pioneer tax and innovation policies addressing inequality.


<p>The United States needs AI governance that protects workers without stifling innovation; tax strategies that actually address inequality; and innovation policies that do not kill the goose that lays the golden egg. If there is one place where these demands will be met, it is the Golden State.</p>

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