Anton Korinek

Anton Korinek serves as Professor at the University of Virginia, affiliated with both the Department of Economics and the Darden School of Business. He is Faculty Director of the Economics of Transformative AI (EconTAI) Initiative and holds positions as Visiting Fellow at The Brookings Institution, Research Associate at NBER and CEPR. His work bridges economics, AI governance, and financial systems.

• PhD in Economics (2007), Columbia University
• Former positions: Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland
• Visiting roles: Harvard University, World Bank, IMF, BIS

Research Focus:

• Transformative AI's economic impacts
• Labor market disruption from AGI
• Inequality and democratic stability
• Financial system transformation by AI
• Macroprudential regulation
• Capital flow management in emerging markets

Key Contributions:

• Developed AI agent frameworks for economic research
• Proposed steering technology to complement labor
• Analyzed AI-induced market concentration
• Testified to Senate on AI workforce impacts
• Created Coursera course on Economics of AI

Scientific Recognition:

• TIME100 AI (2025)
• David M. Rubenstein Fellow, Brookings

Advising & Collaboration:

• Coauthored with Joseph Stiglitz, Megan Juelfs, and Donghyun Suh
• Contributor to G7 High-Level AI Policy Report
• Advises Anthropic's Economic Council