in the short run

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So before we dive into this industry group, it never hurts to be reminded of this old bit of stock-market wisdom from Benjamin Graham, which Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett cited repeatedly, including in his 2017 letter to shareholders: “In the short run, the market is a voting machine; in the long run, however, it becomes a weighing machine.”

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The risk is that AI could destroy many more jobs in the short run than it creates, ushering in a period of mass unemployment that’s not addressable by normal means.

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Economists point out that no new technology has ever radically reshaped the U.S. labor market in the short run and led to a big loss in net employment.

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Businesses may determine it’s not an effective move in the short run to keep giving new employees textbook grunt work as they slowly build their experience.

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In the short run, the big increase in the trade deficit in the final two months of 2025 is likely to squeeze some air out of gross domestic product for the fourth quarter.

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