Pablo Casas

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Pablo Casas is a leading researcher in macroeconomics and income distribution, with a focus on the economic impacts of automation and technological change. His most-cited work, "Automation, automatic capital returns, and the functional income distribution" (2021, 15 citations), offers a groundbreaking analysis of how disruptive technologies—specifically artificial intelligence and autonomous robots—reshape the functional distribution of income. Casas models automation as a structural shift that introduces a new form of physical capital, fundamentally altering the returns to labor and capital. This contribution provides a rigorous framework for understanding how automation can concentrate wealth and widen inequality, challenging conventional growth theories. By linking technological disruption to macroeconomic outcomes, Casas has advanced the policy debate on inclusive innovation. His research is essential for students and scholars examining the future of work, capital accumulation, and economic justice in an era of rapid automation.