Is the US Economy Just One Big AI Bubble?

TLDR News Global • October 22, 2025
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Buy a copy of Assembly Required and get 10% off using the code ASSEMBLY: https://toolong.news/collections/assembly-required The AI boom is starting to look increasingly like a bubble as investment outstrips revenue by unprecedented levels and even major tech companies are financing development in sneaky ways. And if the bubble bursts, it could take the US economy down with it. 📰 Too Long: https://toolong.news/ 💡 Got a Topic Suggestion? - https://forms.gle/mahEFmsW1yGTNEYXA T Our mission is to explain news and politics in an impartial, efficient, and accessible way, balancing import and interest while fostering independent thought. TLDR is a completely independent & privately owned media company that's not afraid to tackle the issues we think are most important. The channel is run by a small group of young people, with us hoping to pass on our enthusiasm for politics to other young people. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can't wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, engaging and sharing. Thanks! ////////////////////// Why AI looks a bit bubbly https://www.economist.com/business/2025/07/31/who-will-pay-for-the-trillion-dollar-ai-boom  https://www.ft.com/content/c7b9453e-f528-4fc3-9bbd-3dbd369041be?mc_cid=6c51aaf3e5&mc_eid=5917efd771  https://paulkedrosky.com/weekend-reading-plus-spvs-meta-and-fiber-buildout-2-0/  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-04/why-ai-bubble-concerns-loom-as-openai-microsoft-meta-ramp-up-spending  https://www.ft.com/content/da16e2b1-4fc2-4868-8a37-17030b8c5498  Bull case https://www.derekthompson.org/p/why-ai-is-not-a-bubble  https://hbr.org/2025/10/is-ai-a-boom-or-a-bubble  US economic dependence on AI https://x.com/JosephPolitano/status/1975351961898918049/photo/1  https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/americas-future-could-hinge-on-whether?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web  https://seekingalpha.com/news/4464647-deeper-dive-the-wealthiest-10-of-americans-own-90-of-the-stock-market  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-16/top-10-of-earners-drive-a-growing-share-of-us-consumer-spending  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjedze7e95lo  https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/08/18/how-americas-ai-boom-is-squeezing-the-rest-of-the-economy  https://www.ft.com/content/e9be3e3f-2efe-42f7-b2d2-8ab3efea27a8  https://mronline.org/2025/10/17/the-ai-bubble-and-the-u-s-economy/  Global economic dependence https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/09/07/what-if-the-ai-stockmarket-blows-up  https://www.apolloacademy.com/record-high-foreign-ownership-of-the-us-equity-market/

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