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The independent episode summary records Yang arguing that trades are more resilient and deserve greater status, but it does not report a prediction of a huge resurgence in trades; it narrows the attribution. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: The AI Job Crisis Andrew Yang Saw Coming · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:b8052c660318db4c0feb8ac77454ca9c33b270d2624b0925fdb19698e81b5e7f

Andrew Yang agrees vocational routes deserve far more status because electricians, plumbers, and HVAC work remain much harder to automate than entry-level office jobs. He says America wrongly treated trades as second class while college grads may now get hit hardest by AI displacement.